As some of you will know, I have suffered some kind of mental damage and decided it would be a great idea to ride a push bike 12,000kms across Africa, from Cairo to Cape Town! I am doing this with an organisation, the Tour d’Afrique (http://www.tourdafrique.com/tours/tourdafrique).
This adventure is not completely insane as I will be raising money for Bicycles For Humanity Australia, a volunteer run organisation that arranges the shipment of second hand/disused bikes from Australia to communities in need in Namibia and Zambia.
Bicycles For Humanity: “A bike allows someone to travel twice as far, twice as fast and carry four times the load. In the countries in which we work a bike can mean access to education, health care, fresh water, economic opportunity and community. Breaking the cycle of poverty by providing sustainable transport for one person impacts not only their life but also the lives of their families, communities and future generations.
Bicycles For Humanity kicked off in Australia in the last quarter of 2008 and now has three chapters based in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. In the last 2 years we have shipped more than 1600 bikes to our partner BEN Namibia. These shipments have created and resupplied two highly successful Bicycle Empowerment Centres in Namibia and Zambia. As well as providing cheap sustainable transport for whole regions these workshops provide skills training, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for the communities in which they are placed.”
For more information please visit http://www.bicyclesforhumanity.com/
If you would like to support me and raise funds for Bicycles For Humanity please go to http://www.everydayhero.com.au/esther_borg and donate now!!
Thanks,
Esther
