Join our #ShowerStrike Social Media Challenge

Are you ready to help us spread the word about Shower Strike? Do you like to get creative and have fun with social media? Join our #ShowerStrike Social Media Challenge to highlight your incredible fundraising efforts, raise awareness of the water crisis, and inspire others to join us in our cause! From a quirky get ready with me video to a walk for water challenge, we have options for everyone. Keep scrolling for details, inspiration, and guidelines below.

GRWM (Get Ready With Me), No Water Edition

The Challenge:
We all know how hard it can be to get ready in the mornings, but what if you weren’t able to use any clean water from the faucet while you were doing so? This video taps into the ever-popular GRWM videos, combining them with morning routine videos to showcase how often we find ourselves reaching for clean water. This video can include clips of how you will brush your teeth, clean your face, apply makeup, do your hair, make coffee/breakfast, etc. Once complete, nominate a friend, family member, colleague, etc. and tag them in your caption and video.

**Note: Be sure to include #ShowerStrike within the caption of your video.

Audio Recommendations:

It will likely be original audio recorded by you, but a song can be added underneath the audio at your discretion.

Text Overlay Recommendations/Key Points:

• GRWM, #ShowerStrike Edition
• For today’s GRWM, I’m joining Well Aware for their annual Shower Strike campaign and I’m going to show you how I get ready for the day using absolutely no water.
• Did you know 1 in 7 people lack access to clean water? Can you imagine not having the water you need to drink, shower, cook, or clean?
• Women and girls are responsible for collecting water in 80% of households. They often have to walk 3.5 miles each day, carrying a heavy jerrycan that weighs upwards of 40 lb. when full.
• Raise awareness of the water crisis and support Well Aware as they implement clean water systems in communities across Kenya and Tanzania.

Recommended Video Length:
60–120 seconds

Inspiration Videos:

• Option 1
• Option 2

I’m Skipping Showers This Week: Reaction Video

The Challenge:
This video will focus on you recording the reactions of loved ones, friends, or colleagues when you tell them you are going to skip out on showers for the whole week. This video can act as the first video in a series of videos recorded each day of Shower Strike week. Additional videos could document tips for how you stay fresh without showering during the week of Shower Strike, for example. Once complete, nominate a friend, family member, colleague, etc., and tag them in your caption and video.

**Note: Be sure to include #ShowerStrike within the caption of your video.

Audio Recommendations:

It will likely be original audio recorded by you, but a song can be added underneath the audio at your discretion.

Text Overlay Recommendations/Key Points:

• Telling my [INSERT IDENTIFIER] that I’m skipping showers this week for Well Aware
• Did you know that millions are without clean water every day in East Africa? Help me raise funds for Well Aware to build clean water systems in Kenya and Tanzania this year!

Recommended Video Length:
20-30 seconds

Inspiration Videos:

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Option 3

Walk for Water Challenge – Bucket Edition

The Challenge:
Walk around the block, or as far as you can, carrying a large bucket of water. Think a jerrycan, large tub, cooler, mop bucket, etc. You should try to carry this bucket over your head, as many women and children do daily in East Africa. You can also participate in this challenge as a team by turning the challenge into a relay race. Additionally, be sure to include within your video how you will be repurposing the water in your bucket. Options may include: washing your car, for a compost pile, rinsing fruits/vegetables, cleaning your patio, etc. Once complete, nominate a friend, family member, colleague, etc. and tag them in your caption and video.

**Note: Be sure to include #ShowerStrike within the caption of your video.

Song Recommendations:

• Make Your Own Kind of Music, Mama Cass
• Ceilings – Sped Up Version, Lizzy McAlpine
• Blue Blood, Heinz Kiessling
• I Think I Like When It Rains, WILLIS

Text Overlay Recommendations/Key Points:

• Did you know that women and girls in East Africa are responsible for fetching water everyday?
• And that water containers can weigh up to 40 lb. when full?
• I’m going to carry this container as far as I can to raise awareness of the water crisis in East Africa.
• Join me for #ShowerStrike and this Walk for Water Challenge. I nominate [INSERT NAME] next!

Recommended Video Length:
30-60 seconds

Inspiration Videos:

• Option 1
• Option 2

Walk for Water Challenge – Bottle Edition

The Challenge:
Walk 1 mile within 45 minutes–1 hour carrying a water bottle filled with water. Throughout the walk, you are not allowed to drink any water from the bottle. You can only drink from the bottle once you have completed your walk. Film yourself on the walk, what you are seeing around you, and share any thoughts you have during the walk.

Within your video, be sure to mention that you are participating in the challenge as part of Well Aware’s Shower Strike, a week-long campaign to raise awareness of the global water crisis in East Africa by skipping showers, walking for water, or fundraising. Once complete, nominate a friend, family member, colleague, etc. and tag them in your caption and video.

**Note: Be sure to include #ShowerStrike within the caption of your video.

Song Recommendations:

• So Much Happiness, Lux-Inspira
• Aesthetic, Tollan Kim
• Water, Official Sound Studio (short)
• Waterfall, Christopher
• Walk, Saucy Santana
• Walk It Talk It, Migos
• Waterfalls, TLC

Text Overlay Recommendations/Key Points:

• Women and girls in developing countries walk an average of 3.5 miles every day to fetch water.
• They usually use jerrycans, which can weigh up to 40 lb. when full.
• I’m walking for 1 hour every day to raise awareness about the water crisis in East Africa.
• I carry my water bottle with me, but can’t drink any of it until my walk ends.
• Join me in the #ShowerStrike Walk for Water Challenge and help others gain access to clean water so they can stop walking for water

Recommended Video Length:
30-60 seconds

Inspiration Videos:

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Option 3
• Option 4

Have questions or want to brainstorm? Email us!