Run4Humanity is a high impact non-profit that brings clean and safe water to remote communities in Africa – transforming health, education and economic outcomes.
We use the sport of ultra-running to raise awareness, with our founder running hundreds of kilometres to visit every community in the program.
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Here’s how you can make a difference.
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Make a donation, or buy Veronique’s book to help provide fresh, safe water.
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Over 2 billion people in the world live in areas with little or no access to clean and safe drinking water. Hundreds of thousands die, and women and children collect water instead of going to school or working.
Run4Humanity’s vision is to bring clean water to three million of the world’s most impoverished people.
We will fulfil that vision through our 5-step water transformation program
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Water installation – our local partner will install water delivery technology in remote communities.
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Ultra-Run – our founder, Veronique Bourbeau, is an elite ultra-runner. She will raise awareness of the project by running thousands of kilometres to visit every community. At each village she will lead a celebration of clean water, and launch the key next steps of the program.
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WASH program – through a local partner, we will deliver a water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) education program to increase understanding of the importance of clean water. The program is based on the research of Dr Katrina Charles of Oxford University.
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Change through Arts – getting the full benefits of clean water requires behavioural change. Through a local partner, our program harnesses the communicative power of the arts as the way to drive new attitudes and behaviours. The program is based on the work of Viva Con Agua.
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Economic resilience – Run4Humanity’s projects will deliver long-term benefits – through health, education, women working and by investing in local human capital and creativity with our local partners. We will measure and report on the ongoing impact to ensure we promote economic sustainability and help communities escape the poverty trap.
Run4Humanity’s transformational projects
Zambia 2025
In partnership with the Zambian Water Forum and Exhibition (ZAFAWE) and other local partners Run4Humanity will provide fresh, clean, safe water to remote communities in Zambia. The project will start in early 2025 with the installation of water pumps in remote communities across the country.
Starting in early 2025, Veronique will run from village to village to raise awareness of the project and what it will mean for those communities. Her visit will mark the start of the WASH and Change through Arts programs and will incorporate a Water Celebration.
Our partners on the ground will deliver the programs and monitor the results of our program – and we’ll share them here with you.
Veronique’s ultra-run will end at Victoria Falls in June and will coincide with the 13th Zambian Water Forum and Exhibition. Veronique will share the story of her run and the work of Run4Humanity at the conference, at which she will be a keynote speaker.
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we are grateful for the support of our amazing partners
