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Jean Béliveau's walk around the world

Canadian man, Jean Béliveau, has been walking around the world since August 18, 2000. He has walked through 62 countries over 5 continents and by the time he arrived in New Zealand, he had walked 68,300km.

Jean is dedicating his walk to the UNESCO Decade, 2001-2010 INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.

He is now walking the length of New Zealand and has kindly chosen to support Barnardos New Zealand as his charity of choice. You can show your support for Jean by donating here. If you would like to walk with Jean and his support crew, click here to see when he will be in your region.

You can read more about Jean's journey here.

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