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Participants warm up yesterday for the annual World Partnership Walk around Stanley Park to combat global poverty. About 8,000 people walked in Vancouver, raising $1.6 million. Photograph by : Jason Payne, The Province |
Those people laced up their shoes and loosened their wallets yesterday as the fight against international poverty hit the streets around Victoria Park. |
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Walking all over poverty – 24 Hours Vancouver
A solution for global poverty is within walking distance.
More than 7,000 people set out to prove that point yesterday at Stanley Park as the Aga Khan Foundation held its 24th Annual World Partnership Walk.
“By participating in the walk we are allowing a young girl in Afghanistan to get an education and make up for lost time,” said Walk convener, Tasneem Bhimji.
Canadians Take Strides to Fight Global Poverty – Exchange Morning Post
OTTAWA – The 24th annual World Partnership Walk brought together tens of thousands of Canadians in seven cities across the country, Sunday, to fight poverty in the developing world. In Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Kitchener and Montreal, walkers came out in record numbers and are estimated to have raised more than ever. Tallies will be announced after the Walk takes place in Ottawa and London on Sunday, June 1st.
Park walk to fight poverty raises $1.6m – The Province
An international walk to fight world poverty raised $1.6 million yesterday in Stanley Park.
A volunteer for the World Partnership Walk said 8,000 people took part in the eight-kilometre walk around the seawall.
“It’s been a good day,” said Farid Damji. “The walk engages [many] Canadians in support of global poverty.
600 take positive steps in Partnership Walk – The Record
What impact can a relatively small group of people have on a problem as daunting as global poverty?
Can 600 people in Kitchener really make a difference in the lives of those half a world away?
The answer, quite simply, is yes.
Moving just for a cause, Walkers, cyclists use their feet to push agendas – Toronto Sun
University Ave., meanwhile, was taken over by thousands of participants in the World Partnership Walk — organized to raise money to fight hunger in Asia and Africa.
‘GLOBAL POVERTY’
“We are raising awareness about global poverty,” Rashy Esmail said. “Almost half of the world’s population live off less than $2 a day.”
Great day for fighting diabetes and global poverty – straight.com
Meanwhile, the Aga Khan Foundation Canada held its annual World Partership Walk in Stanley Park to fight global poverty, ending with a big party at Lumberman’s Arch.
AKFC is doing important work around the world to deliver clean drinking water, health care, education, and other valuable social services to people in poor countries.
His Highness the Aga Khan played an instrumental role in the creation of the University of Central Asia in Tajikistan. Initiatives such as this are helping bring education to the former republics of the Soviet Union and providing a useful bulwark against the spread of Wahhabi-inspired Islamic extremism in Central Asia.
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http://www.amyn.ca – END TO POVERTY!!!!
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