Walk for equality
The Oxfam Trailwalker India is our flagship fundraising event, where teams of 4 walk 100 km in 48 hours. Oxfam India hosted its first Trailwalker in 2012 in Bengaluru and then in 2013 in Mumbai. Since then we have had a number of teams walking to fight for injustice and contribute towards an equal world.
What was new this year
This year we had our environment partner
ERM do an Environment Impact Assessment
of the trail and we incorporated their
suggestions during the event.
Every team had to raise a minimum of
Rs 80,000 to participate.
Every team had a support crew that
accompanied the team with a van and
emergency supplies.
Mumbai saw its third edition of the Trailwalker in 2015 with the participation of 518 people and 131 teams.
Picture a scenic valley, and a village mud road leading you to it. Watching the fauna surrounding the area and clicking selfies around the small rivulets before a steep hike, 123 teams pushed themselves to reach the finishing point at Lonavla.
Team Xanadu from YES Bank completed the 100 km walk in the shortest time of 26:02:27 hrs. DB Trailblazers from Deutsche Group raised the highest amount, Rs 5,07,000.
Key highlights
No. of teams started
No. of teams finished
Total funds raised
The 5th edition of the Bengaluru Trailwalker had 191 teams and 760 walkers on the trail, almost 10 more teams from last year
Villages, silk cocoons, eucalyptus plantations, stone mines, the edge of a large lake, irrigation canals, flocks of birds and the Arkavati dam; all of this and more in a matter of 48 hours is what the Bengaluru walkers got to see.
The GS United team raised a total of Rs 31,76,113 and completed the 100 km walk in a record time of 14:54:44 hrs.
Team SHE Cares comprised 4 ladies that had young children raising funds by selling greeting cards, jams and bakes.
Key highlights
No. of teams started
No. of teams finished
Total funds raised
