Local bikers urged to make a difference
We hope your biker suit is warm because we need you this winter.
Bikers for Mandela Day, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, will this year rally in aid of Keep a Girl Child in School.
The aim is to collect sanitary pads for the three million girls.
The initiative, which was started in 2010 by Nelson Mandela’s former personal assistant, Zelda la Grange, is aimed at celebrating Madiba’s legacy by helping the less fortunate.
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Bikers across the country are encouraged to participate by arranging a ride in their own cities, or by joining the mass rallies planned in Cape Town and Johannesburg on July 14 and 15, respectively.
“This year’s rides will allow for more bikers to participate in this nine-year-old tradition of having fun while doing well at the same time,” la Grange said.
“Madiba believed that every small effort counts in bringing about change.
“My hope is that all riders of scooter bikes, superbikes and everything with two wheels and an engine will join us to make a massive impact to this cause.”
According to la Grange, as little as R180 can provide enough sanitary pads to keep one girl in school for an entire year.
The Johannesburg rally will take place on July 15 from 8am at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton.
By 9.30am the bikers will depart to travel to the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Prospective riders can register for either rally, free of charge, at:
https://www.nelsonmandela.org/nelson-mandela-100
Participants are asked to bring one pack of sanitary pads – or as many as they can afford or carry – for the ride.
All the products donated will be distributed among underprivileged girls by Bikers for Mandela Day project partner, Mimi Women – a proudly South African organisation that makes, sells and distributes sanitary pads.
Representatives from the company will also be selling pads at both the Cape Town and Johannesburg events.
To enable those who are unable to join the planned event, locally and internationally, donations can be given through GivenGain: https://www.givengain.com/e/bikersformandeladay2018/
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