Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

(Note, my target on this page is higher than other team members, as I'm raising on behalf of the overall team target of a minimum£40k!) You can see how well we're doing against this target by visiting https://www.justgiving.com/teams/cycleofhope2017

The girls pictured here, and who feature in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm7CpfuOhg8),
are typical of many young children in Rwanda. Access to clean water is scarce, with many having to travel 2 hours, twice a day, to collecting water in jerry cans weighing 20kg. This affects their lives in many ways – they miss school, are prone to injury and sickness, and worse are often attacked by drunk men on their journeys.

When you add into the mix the backdrop of the 1994 Rwandan
genocide, where more than 1,000,000 people were killed during a 100 day period, Rwanda is a country where the scars of the past still run very deep, and whole communities are stuck in a cycle of despair and hopelessness.

In February, along with 15 other folks from around the UK,
we hope to make a positive difference. As keen cyclists, we will be travelling to Rwanda (not by bike, we’ll use a plane for that bit!), and from our base in the capital Kigali, will cycle to three key areas in Rwanda where Tearfund are working in rural communities to address a range of challenges including access to clean water, extreme hunger and  peace and reconciliation. Please help me and the team to transform a cycle of despair, into a new cycle of hope for those we meet.

I’m covering all my own costs, so anything you can do to
support me reaching my target of £1,000 will go directly to Tearfund and help support the very people we will be meeting face to face. Thank you.

… and as Rwanda is also known as ‘The Land of a Thousand
Hills’, us cyclists will need all the help we can get!

Note, on Sunday 22nd January, I picked up an ankle avulsion fracture. Whilst I'm still able to travel to Rwanda and lead the team, I won't be able to cycle myself, which is devastating for me personally. Please however dig deep and help support the team's group target of £40,000. We really appreciate any help you can give. 

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