COLUMBUS – Polk County High School senior Weston Fisher knows better than most how good he has it living in the United States.

He has spent time in Haiti where he saw children walking miles every day carrying large buckets from a dirty stream just to get water to drink and cook.

Fisher decided this year to do his senior project to help people in Haiti. He is raising money to provide clean water in a unique way on Saturday, Oct. 15.

He is asking residents to help him raise money for a well by walking while carrying jugs of water like the Haitian children have to do.

The Haiti Walk will be held from 5-8 p.m. at Polk County High School on Saturday, Oct. 15. A $10 donation is suggested from anyone who participates in the walk.

Fisher said a mission trip in 2015 in Haiti made him more thankful for what he has. Seeing how people lived there showed him just how blessed he and others are.

“People should realize how good they have it before they complain and shouldn’t waste anything,” Fisher said.

During the summers for the past few years Fisher has attended a camp called Caswell, which is supported by the North Carolina Baptists. During the camps, he joined in with the rest of his youth group to package food for an orphanage in Haiti, called House of Abraham.

Fisher didn’t realize during his time at the camps that his efforts were just the beginning of his journey. During the summer of 2015, Fisher had the opportunity to join a team of seven to visit the House of Abraham in Haiti, and he took it.

While in Haiti, Fisher and others said they witnessed first hand the desperate need for clean water. The children walked miles every day carrying large buckets of water they got out of a stream that animals waded in, where cars and clothes were washed and where people bathed.

“Needless to say, the water these families were using to drink and cook with was not clean enough for consumption,” said Lori Lookadoo, Fisher’s mentor, who has been on mission trips to Haiti the past two years. “This birthed a desire in Weston’s heart to change things for this community.”

The goal of Fisher’s Walk for Haiti is to provide funding for a well for the orphanage he visited on his mission trip, which is located in Jacmel, Haiti.

Haiti is still suffering from the 2010 earthquake, and was recently hit by Hurricane Matthew. Nearly 1,000 people have died as a result of the hurricane.

Donations are also being accepted from those who cannot attend Fisher’s Walk for Haiti.

“You, too, can be a world changer to a country suffering desperately,” Lookadoo said.

Anyone wishing to make a donation can contact Andrea Fisher at 828-817-3558 or Weston Fisher at 828-817-7082.

“Be thankful for what you have,” Fisher said. “Always help when you can.”