Walk the World Isang Hakbang Pilipinas 2010

 Walk the World Isang Hakbang Pilipinas 2010

Isang Hakbang, Pilipinas 2010 is a call to take one single step as one nation to help end hunger in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao. This year’s big event will be held on Sunday, 6 June 2010, from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Bonifacio Global City, City of Taguig. 15,000 walkers and runners are expected to converge and declare a pledge of commitment to help end hunger in the Philippines. It only costs 10 pesos to give a Filipino child a nutritious school meal, give them health, education and hope for a better future. Join END HUNGER: WALK THE WORLD Isang Hakbang, Pilipinas 2010 today and make a difference! Register here.

What is Walk the World?

End Hunger: Walk the World is an annual event to raise money and awareness for WFP’s efforts to fight child hunger and malnutrition. The Walk is a joint effort of WFP and its corporate partners, led by TNT, Unilever and DSM. Employees from these companies walk with WFP staff and beneficiaries, celebrities and VIPs as well as government and NGO partners to show their solidarity in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. The walk is a 24-hour relay with participants in each of the world’s time zones walking five kilometers. It begins in Auckland, New Zealand and finishes in Samoa. In the Philippines, Walk The World Isang Hakbang Pilipinas will be held on June 6 at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.

WFP’s School Meals Programme

Since 2003, all proceeds from this event have been donated to WFP’s Global School Meals Programme, which provides nutritious food as an incentive to bring children to school and keep them there. In the Philippines, the event has been supporting more than 75,000 school children in 428 schools in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao.

Walking the World

Since its inception in 2003, Walk the World has grown to become a global event, bringing together over 2 million participants and raising millions to feed poor children in school. Each step taken is a step closer to ending hunger. View our gallery of past walks and WFP programs here.

~excerpts from www.walktheworld-pilipinas.org

We are joining the cause. Let us walk together on June 6th 2010 at Bonifacio Global City 6AM.
~Rod