Celebrate Mothers at Mudder’s Day on the Commons

On Sunday, May 11, 2008, Oxfam and other community groups from around Halifax will be hosting the Mudder’s Day Festival on the Halifax Commons from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Mudder’s Day event will celebrate not only mothers, but women, culture and community, through musical performances, family fun for children and adults, educational workshops and local artwork.

 

This free event will showcase discussions on urban agriculture and community gardens, planning and community design, and raise awareness about issues affecting women worldwide.

 

In many countries, women and girls haul 20 litres of water six kilometres a day just to meet basic household needs. For millions of women and girls this exhausting task is the only way their families will have water to cook, to clean, to bathe or, most importantly, to drink.

 

During the Mudder’s Day celebration, join Oxfam as we host “Pail Walker”, an advocacy action challenging everyone to carry buckets of water to show solidarity for women and girls in the Global South responsible for finding and transporting water for their families. The challenge will be adapted into races for children and families to make the activity fun as well as educational. The Pail Walker races will begin at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.