We are raising money for Orphans in Need and Gift of Knowledge by cycling from London to Paris over the Easter bank holiday weekend in 2013.
Find out more about Orphans in Need
Find out more about Gift of Knowledge
Please help us reach our target of £50,000 by donating for these worthy causes at www.virginmoneygiving.com/team/hopeandknowledge
Orphans in Need are a charitable organisation which was established in order to help some of the world's most vulnerable and needy people. Like many charities, Orphans in Need is committed to the alleviation of all forms of poverty and deprivation, in all parts of the globe. However, the organisation's primary focus is on orphans and widows - often the weakest members of any society and the most affected by the scourge of poverty.
Gift of Knowledge (GOK) aims to inspire people to seek knowledge and to preserve Islamic Scholarship. In particular, GOK intends to inspire women to revive the rich Islamic heritage of 'Female Islamic Scholarship'. It is GOK's intention to support students financially and morally who are proactive, confident, talented and willing to embark upon the journey of seeking knowledge.
Why not join us?
The route will involve us leaving on the morning of the 29th of March 2013 from south London, and cycling to Newhaven in the evening where we will be catching a ferry to Dieppe, France.
From there, on the morning of Saturday the 30th of March, we will be looking to cycle to Marinas where we will spend the night. Finally, on the morning of Sunday the 31st March 2013, we will leave in the morning heading for the heart of Paris towards the finish line – cycling past her iconic landmarks including the Arche de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower.
Minimum fund raising target: £1,500
Registration fee: £300
You must bring your own cycle. All support in preparation for the challenge will be provided. For more information and sign-up procedures, please go to www.orphansinneed.org.uk/get-involved/challenges.
About our team
We are a bunch of nutty (but serious when we need to be) individuals who have always been involved with charity work from a young age.
Our recent charity project as a team was to trek Mount Snowdon in Wales for Islamic Relief's Water4Life campaign.
Mount Snowdon
Mount Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales with an altitude of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft). Our trek involved a four hour climb up the mountain, with a 3 hour descent.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Individual members of the team have extended their nuttiness with treks early in 2012 to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania where the cause was again for Islamic Relief's Water4Life campaign.
There was a freak storm on the day of the summit where some climbers lost their lives. Unknown to the team, Duncan Bannatyne from BBC's Dragons Den was also summiting on the same day.
