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This February jole rider will ship its 28th
sea container of bikes to schools in West Africa. |
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Inside, along with 300+ other bikes, will be one
very special bike destined for a schoolchild in The
Gambia. |
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That bike will be the 10,000th bicycle
delivered by jole rider since the bikes4Africa
programme began in 2006. |
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Soon we will have helped more than 10,000 children
in Africa to reach their school, fresh, alert and
ready to learn. |
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Rotary Clubs across the UK and Ireland have been
involved with our work at different levels. |
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And this involvement is continuing to expand into
the far four corners of RIBI. |
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Some Clubs have collected bikes and some have
collected money to help fund our work. |
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Others have helped by hosting and supporting Eddie,
our Guinness World Record breaking cyclist, in his
quest to fundraise. |
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In celebration of this partnership we would like to
invite your Club to sponsor just one of the bikes in
this special shipment. |
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The sponsored bike will be Badged, as in the
examples below, and delivered to a School in The
Gambia in late April. |
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The Badged bike will form part of a fleet of 101
school bikes delivered to the same school. |
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Badging a Bike involves placing the sponsor’s own
personal message on a bike we deliver to a school in
Africa. |
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The numbered Badge can include the name of your Club
as well as an inspiring message. |
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And the cost to Badge A Bike is just £60. |
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Launched in December, the
Badge A Bike scheme is already supported by
well-known people including Jon Snow and John
Humphrys. |
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It is a new, personal and very special way of
supporting our bikes4Africa programme. |
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The Club will receive photos of the badge and the
bike in Africa contained in a Special Certificate.
These include the bike being loaded in Dover,
unloaded in Africa, and handed over to the receiving
school.
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The fleet of Badged Bikes will be loaded on wed29feb
outside the gates of HM Prison Dover.
Dover being one of the HMP establishments
which partner jole rider in the bikes4Africa
programme.
And you and your Club would be most welcome to
join us there with the media and other celebrants on
the day. |
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It will be a marvellous thing if every bike we ship
in February has a badge with a Rotary Club name on
it |
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Can we start with yours?
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You can find more information about the Badging
scheme at
Badge A Bike.
For more information about our work generally,
please visit our website at
www.jolerider.org
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For information about supporting our work you will
need our detailed Rotary Information Pack.
I will be happy to forward you a copy by email.
Otherwise do please call me if I can help by
answering any questions you might like to ask.
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Thanks to the partnership with Rotary, jole rider
has enabled more than 10,000 children
to reach school, fresh, alert and ready to learn |
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The number of students at rural schools who gained 5
or more credits (entry requirement for university)
has more than doubled as a direct result of the
provision of bicycles.
Also, students at rural schools are achieving
Aggregate
Scores of 6 [TOP marks]
for the first time in the country’s history.
Gambian Education Department
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We look forward to working with your Club, as well
as the increasing number of others, over the coming
year |
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My very kind regards and thanks
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David Swettenham
Director
jole rider
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www.jolerider.org
0870 609 2007 Office
dcw@jolerider.org
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