#Riding4SAEducation makes a pit stop in city
The Riding4SAEducation 2018 campaign kicked off at the Salsabila Centre in Nirvana on Sunday, 11 February.
POLOKWANE – Salaam Media and Salaam Foundation participants joined riders from the Africa Muslims Agency, Nyota Collections, Al Ihya Foundation (Ennerdale) and Islamic Relief South Africa.
The fun-day was organised for all cycling enthusiasts to support the cyclists who will embark on a 1 160 km challenge across Limpopo, North West and Gauteng to raise money for South African learners who struggle with finances for their education.
Read more: Peddling from Polokwane to Lenasia for education
This year’s challenge will culminate on 25 February with a Mountain Bike Race and Family Farm Market on a farm just outside Lenasia.
Salaam Foundation’s Azhar Vadi said: “By empowering and educating our children in their early and vulnerable years of life, we can leave a lasting and sustainable contribution to the development of South Africa”.
Last year Vadi rode from Musina to Cape Town for the same cause.
The inaugural Riding4SAEducation campaign resulted in approximately 1 000 pairs of school shoes, 2 500 stationery packs, school uniforms, hundreds of reusable sanitary pads, school kitchen appliances and even a computer lab reaching the most deserving learners across South Africa.
Remaining stops on their route:
- 21 February – Lichtenburg.
- 22 February – Klerksdorp.
- 23 February – Potchefstroom.
- 24 February – Lenasia.
