2 Million Steps

Recently, my friend Seth, accompanied by his buddy Pete, began a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a venture they describe as “Two dudes taking a very long walk in the staggering summer heat of northern Spain to tell the world about the plight of women with obstetric fistula.”

Seth and Pete figured out that it will take each of them about 1 million steps to walk the Camino–that’s one step for each woman in the world suffering from fistula.  Their goal is to raise 1 cent for each step–symbolically raising money and awareness.  Seth’s organization, Operation OF, is an excellent beneficiary that combines treatment with micro-lending to strengthen advocates who return to their communities and spread the word about maternal health.

This is not the first of Seth’s forays into “adventure fundraising”–in the past he has scaled mountains–and he wants to continue doing this kind of outreach that he feels particularly speaks to young men:  “Everyone has a mother.  Lots of us have sisters and many of us have girlfriends or wives.  How is the health of women not of fundamental importance to every man?”

Check out more and follow Seth and Pete along their 2 million steps at www.millionsteps.org!