The Lug-a-Jug 6K event is a chance to learn about clean water in Africa while raising money for United Solar Initiative (USI), a nonprofit that brings clean water to communities in Africa. The second annual 6K is at Southern Community Park in Chapel Hill from 9 AM to 2 PM on September 30.

USI believes that clean water is a basic human right and that together we can end the water crisis in our lifetime. USI empowers developing communities worldwide through solar energy solutions. Over the past year, they have been working with World Vision to solarize water pumps throughout villages in Ghana to make clean water more accessible. In addition, USI trained dozens of World Vision staff in various African countries on solar pumping systems and increased their local capacity to maintain them.

In addition to raising funds, the Lug-a-Jug 6K raises awareness by simulating what women and children do in Africa every day just to get water: they walk around 6K to get it. Lug-a-Jug participants sign up in teams of three to seven people and carry an empty jug for the first three kilometers. At the midway point, volunteers will fill up the jug from a creek, and teams will try and carry the filled jug back to the finish line. It’s a fun, educational, and interactive event!

The link to register: www.unitedsolarinitiative.org/projects/lug-a-jug
The link to a YouTube promo video: https://youtu.be/T4XpLlUEITI