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Hey everyone!!! So it just so happens that I've agreed to do a month long, 1200 mile cycle from Hanoi, Vietnam to Ho Chi Minh Vietnam all in the name of charity. That's right, I've asked for a month off work and am planning on punishing my body for that entire length of time in the hopes of effecting positive change for the children here in Vietnam.

 

Poverty is a very real issue here, as it is all over the world, but its important to take the time and make the effort to make a change. The world is really only what we make it. Now the money being donated is going to several great charities, mainly the SCC but also another 4.

 

Our main partner this year is Saigon Children's Charity. The SCC aims to help disadvantaged children in Vietnam to reach their full potential through receiving a quality education relevant to their needs. The SCC is distinguished for giving scholarships, building schools, running a vocational school in Saigon and working with other, smaller organizations that focus on children with disabilities. They enable over 3,000 children to go to school everyday in Vietnam! Its area of operation is in the south of Vietnam, around HCMC, the Mekong Delta and extending to the Cambodian border.

Another charity the money goes to is www.facebook.com/ILA.CommunityNetwork. The ILA Community Network (ILACN), a group of volunteers within the well-established ESL institution, ILA, aims to make a real difference to the lives of disadvantaged children in the local communities in which ILA operates. The ILACN sends its donations to The Green Bamboo Shelter (ex-street boys aged 7 – 18), Go Vap Orphanage (200+ orphaned children, mainly disabled), The Ung Buou Cancer Hospital (Children’s ward, upwards of 150 in-patients), The Little Rose Warm Shelter (vulnerable girls, aged 11 – 18) and the Bung Sang Blind Shelter. ILACN supports the centers through regular fun days and trips out, teaching English, funding essential equipment, improvements and repairs, projects that improve the environments and prospects of disadvantaged children, enabling access to education and vocational training, raise awareness both in Vietnam and overseas.

 

I'm terrified of the prospect of cycling down (and up) the long and windy road but I'm terribly excited at the idea of helping so many others. I'm funding my own expenses so any money donated goes straight to the people who really need it. Please contribute and help us help others.

 

Follow our progress before and during the ride on our website and blog www.h2hcharityride.org & www.h2hrfvc.blogspot.com.

 

Love you guys!