SALMON ARM – Students of all ages took part in an eye-opening fundraiser this week in Salmon Arm.
The second annual Water Walk saw kids from several schools converge on South Broadview Elementary.
Students lugged pales of water from a local pond to fill large containers outside the school.
“It is a real eye-opener for a lot of kids to see that there [are] lots of people in the world who don’t have clean water,” says teacher Janu Smith.
Students are collecting pledges with the goal of building a well in Asemkow, Ghana.
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“It is kind of a simulation of what a lot of people in this African village have to do every day,” says Smith.
The money raised will go into a fund that supports Asemkow and local projects.
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