Questions about the walk
Concise answers about Jaydip, the route, safety, support, cleanup work, verification, and what happens after India.
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What is The Climate Walker?
The Climate Walker is Jaydip Lakhankiya's approximately 12,000 km journey from Malta to India. He walks, collects roadside waste, visits communities, and uses the route to start conversations about climate, farming, water, waste, and responsibility.
Is the entire route on foot?
The route is intended to be completed on foot, apart from crossings or legal and safety exceptions that cannot be walked. The Malta-to-Sicily and Sicily-to-mainland-Italy ferry crossings are already documented.
Why walk?
Walking makes the journey visible and gives people time to stop, ask questions, share local concerns, and sometimes join him. Those conversations would be difficult to create through faster travel.
What does one bag a day mean?
Jaydip aims to collect at least one bag of roadside waste on each walking day wherever it is safe and legally possible. Published totals are recorded on the Cleanup page.
How can I verify the journey?
Visit the Live, Updates, Recognition, and Media pages for route records, dated updates, independent coverage, interviews, and videos from Jaydip's official channels.
How can I support financially?
Visit the Support page to choose the option that works best for you. One-time support is available through FundRazr, Chuffed, GiveSendGo, GoFundMe, 4fund, and approved direct methods. Patreon is available for monthly support. Companies and organisations should use the Sponsors page.
Is support tax-deductible?
No. Support goes to The Climate Walker LLC and should not be treated as a tax-deductible charitable donation.
Why is the exact location delayed?
The public tracker shows verified public progress, not Jaydip's exact real-time position. This protects safety and avoids publishing private route plans.
Can schools, hosts, translators, or cleanup groups help?
Yes. Use the Contact or Invite pages with your city, dates, language, organisation, and the practical help you can offer.
What happens after India?
Jaydip intends to continue environmental education, cleanup projects, speaking, and documentary work using the experience and relationships built during the journey.
Still need an answer?
Use the contact page for media, sponsors, volunteers, translators, local hosts, schools, and cleanup organisers.