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Viva con Agua is a German NGO located in [[Hamburg]], [[Kiel]] and [[Berlin]] and some more cities.
The main objective is to raise attention to the worldwide lack of clear drinkable water.With different events Viva con Agua tries to reach especially the young generation to get involved into social engagement.
Beside cultural events like concerts, parties, readings and others Viva con Agua organizes a hitchhike race once a year since 2008.
== Aims and Objectives
* raise attention to the worldwide lack of drinkable water (via newspaper, TV and radio)
* promote the philosophy of hitchhiking
* connecting young people and encourage them to hitchhike connected with social engagement
* fun
Since 2008 two race have been organized so far
== Routes ==
'''Route 2008''':
* [[Hamburg]] - [[Freiburg]] - [[Lausanne]] - [[Nice]] - [[Montpellier]] - [[Barcelona]] - [[Zaragoza]]
* participants: 11 people, 5 Teams
* 12 days
* report 2008
* Website: [www.tramprennen.org]
'''Route 2009''':
*[[Kiel]] - [[Berlin]] - [[Praha]] - [[Linz]] - [[Triest]] - [[Split]] - [[Dubrovnik]]
* participants: 33 people, 14 Teams
* 15 days
* Website: [www.tramprennen.org]
== Rules ==
There were no rules except to reach each checkpoint city as far as possible and follow the unwritten law of hitchhiking.
Each team had to take a picture with time at each meeting point in the city.
== Media ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJLukXxryLc Local TV reports about the race in 2008]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_IQu5pqiL4 Trailer for the race in 2008]
*- a 25 minutes movie from 2009 is already finished and will be shown in the internet soon, when the subtitles are done
*[http://www.westfalen-blatt.de/nachrichten/generator/reg_show.php?id=30179&TB_iframe=true&width=500&height=450&PHPSESSID=c8664234bb3ab8a8d7cf33de386a5b3e Paderborner Nachrichten 2009]
*[http://www.abendblatt.de/region/norderstedt/article1118856/Diese-Jungs-trampen-gegen-den-Wassermangel.html Hamburger Abendblatt]
*[http://www.kn-online.de/lokales/kiel/106259-Trampen-und-Tippen-um-die-Wette.html Kieler Nachrichten 2009]
*[http://www.heute.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/15/0,3672,7297103,00.html www.heute.de]
*[http://blog.kn-online.de/systemseiten/import_cci/?em_cnt=12691 Kieler Nachrichten 2008]
*[http://www.20min.ch/ro/print/story/18636116 20minuten.ch]
*[http://www.abendblatt.de/region/norderstedt/article556196/Trampen-fuer-sauberes-Trinkwasser.html Hamburger Abendblatt 2008]
*[http://pilkahn.org/tramprennen/blog/wp-content/.../07/kielerleben.pdf Kieler Leben 2009]
The main objective is to raise attention to the worldwide lack of clear drinkable water.With different events Viva con Agua tries to reach especially the young generation to get involved into social engagement.
Beside cultural events like concerts, parties, readings and others Viva con Agua organizes a hitchhike race once a year since 2008.
== Aims and Objectives
* raise attention to the worldwide lack of drinkable water (via newspaper, TV and radio)
* promote the philosophy of hitchhiking
* connecting young people and encourage them to hitchhike connected with social engagement
* fun
Since 2008 two race have been organized so far
== Routes ==
'''Route 2008''':
* [[Hamburg]] - [[Freiburg]] - [[Lausanne]] - [[Nice]] - [[Montpellier]] - [[Barcelona]] - [[Zaragoza]]
* participants: 11 people, 5 Teams
* 12 days
* report 2008
* Website: [www.tramprennen.org]
'''Route 2009''':
*[[Kiel]] - [[Berlin]] - [[Praha]] - [[Linz]] - [[Triest]] - [[Split]] - [[Dubrovnik]]
* participants: 33 people, 14 Teams
* 15 days
* Website: [www.tramprennen.org]
== Rules ==
There were no rules except to reach each checkpoint city as far as possible and follow the unwritten law of hitchhiking.
Each team had to take a picture with time at each meeting point in the city.
== Media ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJLukXxryLc Local TV reports about the race in 2008]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_IQu5pqiL4 Trailer for the race in 2008]
*- a 25 minutes movie from 2009 is already finished and will be shown in the internet soon, when the subtitles are done
*[http://www.westfalen-blatt.de/nachrichten/generator/reg_show.php?id=30179&TB_iframe=true&width=500&height=450&PHPSESSID=c8664234bb3ab8a8d7cf33de386a5b3e Paderborner Nachrichten 2009]
*[http://www.abendblatt.de/region/norderstedt/article1118856/Diese-Jungs-trampen-gegen-den-Wassermangel.html Hamburger Abendblatt]
*[http://www.kn-online.de/lokales/kiel/106259-Trampen-und-Tippen-um-die-Wette.html Kieler Nachrichten 2009]
*[http://www.heute.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/15/0,3672,7297103,00.html www.heute.de]
*[http://blog.kn-online.de/systemseiten/import_cci/?em_cnt=12691 Kieler Nachrichten 2008]
*[http://www.20min.ch/ro/print/story/18636116 20minuten.ch]
*[http://www.abendblatt.de/region/norderstedt/article556196/Trampen-fuer-sauberes-Trinkwasser.html Hamburger Abendblatt 2008]
*[http://pilkahn.org/tramprennen/blog/wp-content/.../07/kielerleben.pdf Kieler Leben 2009]