GEORGE NEWS - The roar of motorbikes in town is a common - and for some, irritating - sound over weekends. But this weekend, if you hear motorbikes, you would do well to go out and find them and contribute to their cause.
Because it is likely to be Pediatric Care Africa’s campaign Ride for a Child, which raises funds for much-needed surgeries and medical treatment for poor children.
The bikers are riding across the length and breadth of the country, aiming to take on 17 towns in 21 days and raising funds to pay the surgery and other medical costs of truly needy children.
The trip started on Sunday 14 February in Mpumalanga and ends on 6 March in White River.
These brave riders are really taking the road less travelled. They are riding to the most eastern, southern, western and northern parts of South Africa that can be accessed by motorbike.
According to founder and chairman Dr André Hattingh, they hope to arrange a minimum of 100 surgeries and 400 visits to doctors for medical treatment for children in 2021.
The Ride for a Child campaign invites locals to join them as guest riders, getting sponsors for every kilometre they drive.
The average cost per surgery is a staggering R59 000, and adds up to a total of R5,9-million. “This is for the basic surgeries alone, and excludes auxiliary costs such as scans, stay in hospital, medicines and physio.”
The organisation invites local bikers, be it individuals or clubs, to join them as guest riders in every town they visit – and get sponsorships for every kilometre they finish. Ride for a Child will be visiting George and Mossel Bay this coming weekend.
They are scheduled to sleep over in George tomorrow night, Friday 26 February, and will meet at the Sasol Garage in Knysna Road at 09:00 on Saturday morning.
For more information, call Surika van der Merwe on 076 756 6155, or visit pediatriccareafrica.org.
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