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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Final Preparations

Rushing around Victoria, hoping not to forget anything, it is the final hour of preparations. Thank you to so many people who have expressed interest in my ride and to those of you who have donated to my charity or expressed an interest in doing so. Suncatchers Project is an amazing organization who does important things for Africa and our world as a whole.
 1 billion pounds of wood are used everyday in Africa to cook
 Women spend 4-8 hours daily searching for firewood, victimizing them to rape, violence and roadside injury
 It takes the average family one month to earn enough money to buy a bag of charcoal needed for cooking
 Diseases caused by waterborned bacteria are estimated to kill 1.6 million children every year

What if it was possible to supply every person in Africa with the ability to cook meals and sanitize water without using one drop of fuel, one brick of coal or one piece of wood? It is Visit http://www.suncatchersproject.org/ and give generously.

Let them know you are donating on behalf of the Tour D'afrique ride.

Thank you... The next post will be from Africa!
Take care...