Walk for Water 5K Los Angeles

Event Overview

Walk Their Journey. Change Their Future.

Join us for a powerful and transformative experience at the Walk for Water 5K Charity Fundraiser, co-hosted by Pathway To Tomorrow and Drop of Water. This isn’t just a walk—it’s a step into the daily reality that millions of women and girls in Africa face just to access something as basic as water.

The Water Crisis

• Daily Struggle: Every day, women and girls spend 200 million hours hauling unclean water, often walking miles under a burning sun.
• Health Impact: Every two minutes, a child dies from a water-borne disease, and 1.5 million children under five die annually in Africa from diarrhea caused by unsafe water.
• Severe Conditions: Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, is in the grip of this devastating water crisis.
• Access Issues: Nearly half of its 125 million people lack access to clean water, according to UNICEF.

Impact on Education and Safety

• Rural Challenges: The situation is even worse in rural areas—where 80% of Ethiopians live and are hit hardest by this crisis.
• Education Loss: Girls are expected to miss school to collect water for their families.
• Safety Concerns: Each journey robs a girl of her education, her safety, and her childhood.
• Tragic Outcomes: For far too many, these walks end in tragedies, like gender-based violence and death — not just exhaustion.

Fundraising Goals

We walk not just for awareness—but for action.

• Challenge: This 5K fundraiser challenges participants to take 7,000 steps, representing the average distance many walk each day to collect water.
• Stories of Resilience: As you walk, you’ll carry not just steps—but stories of resilience, hardship, and hope.
• Encouragement: We’re asking each participant to go further by asking friends, family, and coworkers to sponsor their steps with a donation to the cause.
• Community Involvement: Join a team to fundraise or walk alongside others.

Our Mission

Our goal? To raise $250,000 to fund 2 deep borehole wells and rural piping systems in up to 16 rural villages in Ethiopia. This will provide clean, safe, and sustainable drinking water for up to 16,000 people.

Your steps can change a life. Your walk can build a well.

Event Details

Register today. Walk their path. Bring water home.

• Date: October 3, 2026
• Location: 4800 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027
• Route: The 5K route is along the Main Trail at Griffith Park.
• Course Features: The course is flat, scenic and shaded, covering the perimeter of the golf course.