Charles Okorie, chairman of Thank You Project (back row third from left), with parishioners from Nashua Presbyterian Church during last year's Water Walk at Greeley Park. Telegraph file photo

NASHUA – The Thank You Project will be hosting its ninth annual Water Walk at 9 a.m. on Sept. 14 at Greeley Park, 100 Concord St.

Last year’s Water Walk raised more than $7,000 which was used to help fund a seventh well serving the Nigerian communities of Achi and Ututu.

During the event, participants walk from the park to the Nashua River on Franklin Street to fill five-gallon buckets before returning to the park, a round-trip distance of two miles. Online registration is available at https://thankyouproject.org/water-walk-registration/.

For nearly a decade, the Thank You Project has been working to raise money to drill wells in Nigeria and put an end to the drinking water crisis in that part of the world.

According to the U.S. Agency for International Development, only 30 percent of the citizens in northern Nigeria have access to safe drinking water. It is also not uncommon for temperatures to exceed 100 degrees on a daily basis, particularly during the dry season, which lasts from November to March.