Getting out there!

Hi all
Just to let you know I have been out and about on my bike.
Managed 16kms around the scenic hills of Te Pahu on Sunday and on Wednesday biked from home to Dinsdale, Hamilton with my cycling buddy, daughter Ashley, 30 kms. Still have sore butt. Also now sore arm as had my first shot of vaccinations yesterday! Kim
Sally has been hard at work in Sri Lanka enjoying some nice curries, but watch out bootcamp is around the corner on your return!

Biker Kim hits the road!

Here she goes...donning helmet and tight pants biking up a storm around the Waikato! With under 2 months to go until the big ride begins, Kim is doing AMAZINGLY riding every day (something I need to do too...). Please send your support to my lovely sister and me...we are getting really excited! If you are excited enough to support our cycle for the kids of Vietnam, donate here! http://www.everydayhero.co.nz/cycle_vietnam_for_kids

Amazing support!!!

Big shout out to the HUGE generosity of three early sponsors - my lovely friend Dave (who I cycled North Korea with last year), the lovey Deb (who came to Zambia with me 2 years ago for ChildFund) and my awesome cousins, Brett and Rhonda. Already have $850 from these three donations - thank you!! And with that, time for us to get on our bikes! Kim is cycling the mean streets of Te Pahu today, I'll be doing the same in Whitianga...saddle up sisters!

Donate now to help the kids of Vietnam!

http://www.everydayhero.co.nz/cycle_vietnam_for_kids

Hey friends, whanau and loved ones....here is how you can donate to our wonderful cause!
This is a new blog so more information will come soon - including a profile of my lovely sister!
Thanks in advance for your generosity!

Where and for what are we raising money?

We are going to raise funds for a malnutrition prevention project in Cao Bang that will target malnourished and at-risk children under 5 as well as pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. Support will be provided in the form of growth monitoring, supplementary feeding (nutrition sprinkles, biscuits, and milk), and education for parents about childhood nutrition and health.

Cao Bang is highly mountainous province in the far north of Vietnam. The communities ChildFund works with are mostly very remote and people live traditional lifestyles as subsistence farmers. ChildFund New Zealand started working in Cao Bang in 2010 and is focusing our support on malnutrition prevention, livelihoods, water, healthcare, and education.

A recent (April 2011) needs assessment in Cao Bang province found that at many as 1 in 5 children are malnourished.  Children and their families suffer primarily from a lack of food – crops are not yielding enough to feed families. Children and families must therefore live through 3-4 months of hunger each year, relying on family charity, scraping together what they can fine, and begging alms from neighbours.

Even during the months when food is available, children suffer from a poorly balanced diet. The staple diet of the rural poor consists primarily of ground corn, supplemented with rice, pumpkin leaves, and occasionally meat. This insufficient diet is partly due to lack of food variety and partly due to lack of awareness by the parents of what makes a healthy diet.

In the communities where ChildFund work in Cao Bang most parents have had no access to formal education and have limited knowledge to pass on to children.


You can keep a child healthy and strong with a generous donation!!