Salaamedia cyclists travel 3000km for education
They plan is to cycle a total of 3000km finally ending at Cape Point in the Western Cape.
eMZINONI – Cyclists from Salaamedia are travelling 3 000km for education and want to create awareness among schools that education is important.
They also want to raise money to build proper toilets.
Another project is Dignity Dreams where Salaamedia wants to raise money to buy sanitary towels for girls.
The Salaam Foundation and Salaamedia #Riding4SAeducation Campaign got off to a rolling start on 7 February from the border town of Musina in Limpopo.
Two cyclists and directors from the Salaam Foundation, Azhar Vadi and Zaheer Pahad’s, first leg of their journey ended in Louis Trichardt after just more than five hours.
Their campaign ends at Cape Point in the Western Cape.
The epic ride is aimed at raising awareness over the needs of basic education in South Africa, particularly in rural and underdeveloped areas.
Along with the awareness campaign, they are also calling on donors to support the Salaam Foundation in its quest to implement several education development projects.
“We would like to build toilets at schools without these basic facilities,” said Vadi.
“Many schools in rural South Africa still use pit latrines.
“We have received requests for simple kitchen structures to assist in preparing food for learners.
“Riding 100km on average daily has certainly been no easy task.
“We are social and recreational riders and by no means professional and getting our fitness levels up, has been a tough task but we are determined to try our best,” said Pahad.
The route is expected to take the two down the R101 to Johannesburg where Pahad will stop and then Vadi will continue east on the N17 highway.
He will branch off at Standerton and head south towards Newcastle, Ladysmith, Pietermaritzburg and Durban.
From there it is the N2 highway all the way to Cape Town.
The journey can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at @salaamedia and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/salaamedia.
Salaamedia, founded in January 2016, aims at going beyond the limits of traditional journalism by telling human stories while seeking to inspire people towards active citizenship and participation in helping resolve these challenges or at the least bring relief to those who form the essence of the news story.
“It is not just about the news, it is about changing the reality.
“This is about humanitarianism, activism and journalism coming together and forging a brighter future.
“It is about walking the proverbial talk.”
Salaamedia seeks to chart new positive routes in a world increasingly overwhelmed by negativity.
Salaam Foundation is the humanitarian and development wing of Salaamedia.
It is a registered non-profit company in South Africa and 95 per cent of all contributions, as regards to public donations (Lillah), are spent on relief acquisitions, development projects, transport, labour and administrative costs, among others.
They believe all these costs form part of the project and allow for the work to reach completion.
Five per cent is deposited into a WAQF investment account for future sustainability and growth.
Islamic charitable funds (Zakaat) are allocated on a one hundred per cent basis to deserving recipients.
Salaam Foundation and Salaamedia are fully audited by Audit Connection Inc.
For more information, send an email to info@salaamedia.com.
Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Salaamedia and Salaam Foundation responds to the challenges of poverty, war, natural and man made disasters in both Africa and the world.
For free daily local news in the south, visit our sister newspapers Highvelder, Standerton Advertiser
For more news and interesting articles, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram
