More than 1,000 Bay Area residents walked to end global poverty in the annual Partnership Walk at Central Park in Fremont Sunday.
The San Francisco Partnership Walk is an initiative of Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A to raise awareness and funds that reduce poverty, hunger, illiteracy and poor health in Africa and Asia.
Sunday’s walk raised more than $200,000, according to organizers, with 100 percent of the funds going directly to projects sponsored by the foundation.
Many special guests and civic leaders attended the walk, including Dr. Ken Wilson, executive director of the Christensen Fund, who gave the keynote speech during the opening ceremonies.
“Over the last 20 years I have had repeated opportunities to see the work that the Aga Khan Foundation and its sister organizations have been doing in Africa, in Central Asia and the Middle East,” he said. “It is inspiring work…. It starts and ends with people. It starts with all the volunteers that we see today. It is work that is driven by the passion of people. It values the people themselves in the communities, valuing their knowledge, creativity, heritage and culture as assets and helps them build new institutions that start from their strength, passion and values.”
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