About 20 students walked around London’s downtown streets with two large buckets of water on Wednesday afternoon.
They called it a water walk to raise awareness about the scarcity of clean drinking water in developing countries.
Julianna Mereu, 17, is a student at Central secondary school and helped organize the walk alongside students in her school’s social justice club.
“It’s for the millions of people in developing countries that have to walk hours each day to get water,” Mereu said.
Students at the school have to hold two campaigns a year for Me to We.
Before they had the water walk, Mereu and her teammates in the social justice club researched what clean water access is like around the world.
Then, they decided what type of fundraiser or event they wanted to hold to raise funds and awareness.
She hopes even after she graduates, the water walk will continue to a point where it is no longer needed.
Kevin Wild, Central secondary school’s vice-principal said students organized the walk themselves and he’s glad to see students taking an initiative like this.
“And this is one of the global issues that’s prominent right now and there are things we can do to help.”