Healing Hands Youth Program

Healing Hands Walk FALL 2012 SAN CLEMENTE, CA Join us for a walk to HEAL AND SUSTAIN LIFE at the San Clemente Pier to raise money for the Dagara people to get vital medical supplies and services. This year's 1st ANNUAL fundraising walk is coming Fall 2012 at the San Clemente Pier (Avenida Del Mar & Avenida Victoria) in San Clemente, CA. > REGISTER NOW > Make an Online Donation

In Burkina Faso, 45% of the children die before the age of 5...

Our Mission is to raise money to provide medical assistance to the people of Burkina Faso

In Burkina Faso and in many countries in Africa women & women and small children walk up to six hours to retrieve fresh water for their village to use for bathing, cooking and drinking. According to The World Health Organization, about 45% of Burkina Faso’s children die before the age of five. Without proper medical treatment, not only can the dangers of the six hour walk injure or possibly kill them, but the unhealthy water can disease them and curtail their already short lifespans tremendously.

The time has come for Southern California to join together to change this sad predicament, to provide aid from one united community to another.

Healing Hands is a fundraiser — created by teenagers in San Clemente CA — for the benefit of indigenous people in Africa. Join us for a walk to HELP HEAL AND SUSTAIN LIFE at the San Clemente Pier in San Clemente, CA to raise money for the Dagara people to get vital medical supplies and services.

Wisdom Spring, Inc.
Healing Hands
24622 Harbor View Dr., Unit C,
Dana Point, CA 92629

For more information, e-mail: Susan Hough

About 'Healing Hands'

Healing Hands was founded in 2011 by Emmy Lombard, a San Clemente High School student, who was called to action after meeting Susan Hough and being touched by the life-changing experiences that the villages of Burkina Faso had given Susan Hough.

In 2012, Emmy Lombard and a group of ambitious local teenagers will host the 1st Annual Fundraising Walk in San Clemente, CA.

“We want to help preserve the culture of the Dagara people of Burkina Faso, who are very connected to the natural world. They are a people who carry an ancient wisdom and an understanding of the great cycles of the earth. Yet, the villagers have faced not only droughts due to a constant shortage of rain, but droughts of medicine and education.”

The Healing Hands Youth Program is devoted to sustaining life in the indigenous villages of Burkina Faso, West Africa. At Wisdom Spring, we combine village wisdom with Western drilling technology. We funds wells, medicine, education and more. The goal: to reclaim the land and the rich culture that sustains indigenous culture.

We are Walking!

Join us for a walk in at the at the San Clemente Pier in San Clemente, CA to raise money to bring medical resources to the indigenous people of West Africa.

San Clemente Club teenage members have set a goal to raise $100,000!

Date & Time	To Be Announced— We will walk RAIN or SHINE. Pick up T-Shirts and turn in your fund-raising contributions starting at 7 AM.
Location	San Clemente Pier Avenida Del Mar & Avenida Victoria San Clemente, CA
Questions?	Call Susan Hough at (703) 505-5152; or email Susan Hough
Walk Distance	10K (6.2 miles) or 5K (3.1 miles)
Volkssport Credit	This walk is sanctioned by the non-profit American Volkssport Association (AVA), a member of the international Federation of Popular Sports (IVV); those who register and participate are eligible for credit toward IVV Volkssport Achievement Awards.

Registration

Registration Fees	$20 per adult $10 per student 18 & under
Deadline/How to Register	There are three ways to register: Register Online through March 23rd Mail a check and your registration form to: Wisdom Spring, Inc. Healing Hands 24622 Harbor View Dr., Unit C Dana Point, CA 92629 Sign up at the walk.

THINK ABOUT THIS We use 25 gallons of water to take a bath. Everyday Dagara women walk miles carrying approx. 25 gallons of water on their head for the tribe. Children start carrying water at age 3. UNICEF reports that 99% of children in the USA attend school. UNICEF estimates that 27% of children attend school in Burkina Faso. The World Health Organization estimates that 16 per 1000 children in the USA will die before age 5. The WHO estimates that 449 per 1000 children in Burkina Faso will die before the age of 5. BE A PART OF PRESERVING AN INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND CHANGE LIVES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.