Cycle2Learn

On the Tour d’Afrique I had the pleasure of riding with lots of really inspirational people. Adventurers from all walks of life with as diverse a backgrounds as you could imagine. Two guys, Bruce and Tim really broke the mold. These guys, both in their late twenty’s, didn’t just decide to raise money for charity while riding the TDA – they stared their own charity! Both native South Africans they were keenly aware of the dichotomy of resources that exist in their homeland. They set out with a simple goal – build two new classrooms for a school badly in need on the Eastern Cape of SA. Their plan was ambitious and bold – they would raise 180,000 SA Rand (roughly $22,000 USD). Not content to simply pony up to big corporations and ask for big handouts – they decided to go decidedly grass-roots. They asked for individual donations of R100 (about $12.50USD) so how did they go? It was a massive success! They raised, at last tally, R172,000, or 1720 individual partners who have donated and done their bit. Really inspirational stuff!

I’m hugely impressed by what these guys have done – but they’re not done quite yet. They are still R8000 ($1000USD) short of their goal – tantalizingly close! It’s a great cause and well worth the modest donation they are asking for. These guys put in HUGE effort to ride the length of Africa; both Bruce and Tim were EFI (every fucking inch of the way from Cairo to Cape Town) and managed to come in second and third place in the race. So why did they put all this effort in? One simple reason - to raise the cash to help out these kids who really need it!

I’ve done my bit and I hope some of you will have a look at what they are doing and get involved too! I’d appreciate it, Bruce and Tim would really appreciate it and words can’t describe how much the kids will appreciate it!

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