Hundreds of Nanaimo students took to the E&N Trail on Friday, symbolizing the walk starving and impoverished children have to take every day just for some water. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)

By Spencer Sterritt

Long walk

Nanaimo students lug water on long trek for a cause

May 24, 2019 | 6:57 AM

NANAIMO — Several hundred Nanaimo students took a lengthy walk while carrying jugs of water to experience the plight of children all over the world.

Roughly 450 students trekked from Woodlands Secondary School on Strathmore St. along the E&N Trail to North Nanaimo Town Centre on Friday, each carrying four litres of water.

“We’re raising awareness that it’s a walk young kids have to do every day just to survive,” Grade 7 student Maggie Wood told NanaimoNewsNOW after they finished the hour-and-a-half walk.

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Classes throughout the school district raised more than $6,500 for the WE Walk for Water, which works to provide clean water to countries experiencing drought and severe living conditions.

“It’s an amazing opportunity for kids who are in elementary school to realize they can make a difference,” Wood said.

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