The fifth biannual Proper Walk will take place this summer in August. Once again, Michael Farley will lead a team of 10 Americans 160-180 miles on an adventure for a cause. The objective for the Walk is to raise $100,000 for the Makindu Children’s program. The 2010 Proper Walk will traverse the Great Rift Valley following the Kerio River. The team hopes to complete the Walk in 10 days.
On behalf of the Proper Walk, please make a tax exempt donation to the Makindu Children's Program.
All donations go directly to the Makindu Children's Program. All travel and personal expenses are paid for by the Walkers.
To follow preparations for Proper Walk 2010 as well as to track the Walkers progress in August click here.
NEW BOOK ABOUT PROPER WALK 2006!
Proper Walk - My Journey To Help the Children of Makindu,
is the engaging and lively account of the 2006 walk,
written by Dennis Wininger.
Read all about this amazing adventure for a cause!
Enjoy beautiful pictures of the walk and the children and village it benefits!
A percent of book proceeds goes to the Makindu Children’s Program!
The Proper Walks have raised over $320,000 for AIDS orphans!!!
ADVENTURE for a Cause
"If there is one last great African journey, this might be it:
160 miles of wildest Kenya, a trek done in the style of the old explorers,
a pack of seriously ornery camels, and one really good cause"
-Tim Cahill, National Geographic Adventure magazine, September 2005
Welcome to the Proper Walk website. This site is dedicated to the continuing fundraising, education, and adventure that is the essence of the Proper Walk.
The Proper Walk is an "adventure for a cause" created by Michael Farley, a former Peace Corps volunteer stationed in Makindu, Kenya East Africa. The Proper Walk is a biannual event that raises money for the Makindu Children's Program (MCP), a 501c-3 supporting the MCC (Makindu Children's Centre). The MCC is a day use facility that cares for more than 400 AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children in Makindu.
Proper Walk 2010 is the Fifth walkathon. Each walker raises a minimum of $10,000 and pays their own personal expenses to walk in the Northern Frontier of Kenya to assist the AIDS orphans of Makindu and to help raise AIDS awareness.
Please, consider donating to this worthy cause.
