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Greetings Friends,
We have very exciting news to share with you! As you know, since 2006, globalbike has been focused on using the transformative power of bikes to create positive social change in the developing world. It is our vision to help create and sustain a world where bicycles and creative partnerships provide those in need with access to health care and vital services for their collective prosperity. In 2009, Team Globalbike won an international award from the Beyond Sport Foundation, chaired by Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and supported by dignitaries from around the world. Beyond Sport selected Team Globalbike from hundreds of entries from over 80 countries because it is “a professional sports team delivering an intelligent development tool, but in a way that is totally aligned with their core purpose: riding bikes. This strategic alignment means the project makes sense both internally and externally, and therefore gives Team Globalbike’s efforts every chance of being sustained and developed as their team grows.” The Foundation recognizes that the partnerships we have developed through the award have enabled us to expand our mission and reach more people in need, with more opportunities in the future. One such opportunity is now upon us as a result of an invitation we received at the Foundation’s conference held just last month.
Here’s the big news: Sport Accord, located in Luzanne, Switzerland, an umbrella organization for both Olympic and non-Olympic international sports, invited members of globalbike and Team Globalbike to participate in the “Kilimanjaro Initiative,” an partnership between Sport Accord, the United Nations, Kenya, and Tanzania. This year’s focus is on ecologically sustainable and safe transportation, a natural fit for globalbike. The trip will visit several areas and include a number of outreach opportunities, but most importantly, globalbike will be on-site to provide bicycles to two partner organizations: 1) a youth organization building a safety network in a depressed area of Nairobi; and 2) and a youth organization in Marangu working to combat HIV/AIDS, prevent environmental degradation, and learn leadership skills to improve the community around them.
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We are looking for individual and corporate sponsors to invest in this one-of-a-kind opportunity. Sponsors would receive ample public recognition, and a social return on an investment that cannot be measured – saving lives with two wheels. Why should this matter to us here and now? It is well expressed by the African concept of Ubuntu: “I am what I am because of who we all are.” As we give of ourselves, we improve the world around us. Thank you for your kind consideration of this request, and please use the enclosed form to help us meet our goal of $15,000.00. The trip is scheduled for February and March of 2011, so time is of the essence!
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