4000 children die every day from diarrhoea caused by unclean water and poor sanitation.

The campaign steps up a gear!

The World Water Day 2011 campaign to reach far and wide

Our World Water Day campaign has really 'stepped' up a gear, with 60 countries registering their participation and an estimated 350,000 will be involved!

Want to find out more about the campaign?

Read our Press release ( 179KB). And watch this brilliant video and post up on your organisation's website, facebook page and twitter account:

Some of the brilliant walks organised so far:

• Over 20,000 school children in Belgium walking to raise the profile of water and sanitation in Belgium development politics.
• 50,000 people across Uganda walking to demand politicians act now to stop the sanitation and water crisis there.
• 1750 Delhi campaigners lobbying the Minister for Water Resources in an event on the Rajpath.
• UK campaigners from Tearfund and WaterAid walking alongside MPs to demand political action in the gardens next to the House of Parliament

How can you get involved?

We've made it as easy as possible.

We want to stand in solidarity with the women and children forced to walk such long distances and hours just to find water. So we're asking you to either organise, or join, a 6 km walk on World Water Day 2011, from 19-22 March 2011.

Register your walk on the website, and then have fun and make a difference! We want you to use your walks to make noise and get attention. So dress up, invite the media, do something outrageous and above all - make it political.

Making it political

This means contributing to the global pressure we'll place on governments to deliver water and sanitation to the poorest in the world.

And you can make your walk political in so many ways - invite your local politician, even your prime minister or President to walk with you. Invite the media and tell them about the crisis. Get all the people who walk with you to sign a petition and send it through to us. Gather a photo petition!

For more information, do take a look at the website or contact Serena O'Sullivan.