#Riding4SAeducation visits town
The campaign will cover 3 000 kilometers of the Southern African coast to raise funds and awareness for early education in South Africa.
The #Riding4SAeducation campaign will cover 3 000 kilometers of the Southern African coast to raise funds and awareness for early education in South Africa and will also make a turn in Mokopane at Arons Sport.
Scheduled to kick-off on 7 February from the Musina border, Azhar Vadi, a recreational cyclist is expected to be joined by other riders to raise funds to be used for upgrading of toilets, kitchens and libraries at schools, purchasing school shoes for those who can’t afford it and bicycles for learners who travel long distances to school with it’s main focus being Limpopo. Vadi and his team is expected to come to Mokopane on 9 February.
The cycle will pass through approximately 50 towns and cities along the following route: Beit Bridge border, Musina, Louis Trichardt, Polokwane, Mokopane, Mookgopong, Modimolle, Bela Bela, Hammanskraal, Pretoria, Laudium, Marlboro, Houghton, Robertsham, Soweto, Lenasia, Roshnee, Benoni, Springs, Evander, Standerton, Volksrust, Newcastle, Danhauser, Dundee, Glencoe, Ladysmith Colenso, Escourt, Howick, PMB, Durban, Port Shepstone, Margate, Harding, Kokstad, Mount Frere, Mthatha, Butterworth, East London, King Williams Town, Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth, Jeffrey’s Bay, Plettenberg Bay, Knysna, George, Mossel Bay, Swellendam, Cape Agulhas, Hermanus, Bot River and Cape Town.
The tour will end at Cape Point in the Western Cape by middle March.
“It will be a great physical effort on my part. I am not the most athletic of persons but I believe the cause will push me to achieve the distance.
“For the past year, Salaamedia and Salaam Foundation have supported several education projects in the country including digging boreholes in schools and putting up veggie tunnels.
“This is in fact an intensification and expansion of our commitment to SA education”, Vadi explained.
“As South Africans we need to contribute positively to our country and the people around us. We face tough challenges and to make an effort in the field of education is the best place to start”, said Shamsheer Khan, a director at Salaamedia and Salaam Foundation who is the coordinaters of this campaign.
Information on the cycle can be found on @salaamedia on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.
Daily training updates and Azhar’s ride can be followed here or on the Strava application.
Salaam Foundation is the humanitarian wing of Salaamedia and is a registered non-profit company.
The call is sent out to communities, businesses and individuals to donate to the Salaam Foundation fund for education development projects in South Africa. Readers are also encouraged to forward suggestions of schools they are aware of that could benefit from the project.
Details should be sent to info@salaamedia.com.
People wishing to participate in the ride for any distance can also e-mail the above address.
To get involved in welcoming Vavid to Mokopane or to make a donation, contact Ebrahim Gangat at ebrahim@salaamedia.com or 072 381 4604 or Saajida Baksa 082 684 1888.
