Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/24/2016
9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location
Winthrop Park
Join us for the 9th Annual Walk for Literacy on Saturday, September 24, 2016. Barakat’s Walk for Literacy is an annual event that raises both awareness and funds for our important mission of educating and empowering children and women in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Barakat is dedicated to providing exemplary basic education in Afghanistan and Pakistan: we advance literacy and increase access to secondary education, particularly for girls and women.The scenic walk through Cambridge is a fun and unique event, where a diverse community of walkers come together to support a worthy cause – educating thousands of women and children without access to quality basic education! In 2014 – 2015, more than 3,000 children (over 50 percent of them girls) enrolled in Barakat’s five schools. An additional 605 girls and women attended our lower-level and higher-level literacy programs in Afghanistan.
Since its inception in 2008, the Walk has grown to attract almost 1,200 walkers and has raised over $120,000.
Walk Registration starts at 9 am, and the Walk begins at 10 am from Winthrop Park in Harvard Square. All walkers will receive breakfast, lunch and a FREE T-Shirt.
Why We Need Your Support
Barakat’s goal this year is to have 300 walkers and raise $35,000. With YOUR help, we know we can DO IT!
Every step counts and so does every dollar! Your participation as a walker, or as a donor to support the Walk, will help us educate and empower more women and children in Afghanistan and Pakistan! Your support makes the following programs possible:
• $50 sends 1 girl to 1 year of a literacy program.
• $170 helps 1 girl to 1 year of high school.
• $720 sends 8 students to 1 year of elementary school.
• $1,500 will send 8 girls to 1 year of high school (tuition, uniform & school supplies).
Pre–registration is $30. Registration at the door is $40. Once you register, set a fundraising goal for yourself or for a team of friends, family, classmates, or colleagues. To help you gather donations we’ve created a peer to peer fundraising page that supplies you with all of the tools you need to reach your fundraising goal! To register for the walk click here.
Thank you and see you at the Walk!
