Wichita Clean Water 5K

🏃‍♂️ Race Details

• Date: April 5, 2025
• Location: 2101 W Sim Park Dr near the Workout Park, Wichita, KS
• Packet Pick-Up: Friday, April 4, noon to 5 p.m. at Wichita First Church of the Nazarene (1400 E. Kellogg Drive). Packets may also be picked up on race day starting at 7:30 am at the race information table near the starting line.
• Registration Link: Wichita Clean Water 5K

🌍 Purpose of the Event

• Mission: For the seventh year in a row your entire registration fee goes toward building borehole wells and providing clean water education to villages in Africa.
• Impact: After 7 years, we now have 31 Wichita borehole wells in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Kenya, DR Congo & Ivory Coast--each one bringing abundant clean water to thousands of people every day.
• Importance of Clean Water: This water is life. Many people around the world don’t enjoy this luxury because they don’t have easy access to water and possibly no access to clean water.
• Community Benefit: Access to clean water reduces illness and death, increases school attendance, builds gender equality, diminishes scarcity conflicts, and improves impoverished communities.

💧 Challenges Faced

• Contaminated Sources: Many villages try to survive by fetching water from irrigation dams, which are contaminated with diesel from pipes and generators.
• Health Risks: The water in these dams is further contaminated by animals, leading to diarrhea and other waterborne diseases among community members.
• Long Distances: Many women and children walk over 2½ miles to collect this dirty water.
• Need for Action: Your race entry will help bring more borehole wells and water education to even more villages.

🌟 Get Involved

• Make a Difference: You can make a life-changing difference to a community of people by registering for the Clean Water 5K.
• Spread the Word: Invite your friends to join you.
• Join the Cause: Together, we can install a safe well and be a part of something much bigger than ourselves.
• Community Engagement: Partnering with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries in Africa to bring life to villages through the construction of safe wells and clean water education.