About Us
From small things......
'Trentham to Arusha' started its life as an idle conversation in the pub between two motorcycling friends in the Spring of 2007. Initially it was a simple plan for two ordinary people to ride their 'bikes from the UK to a small children's charity in Arusha, Tanzania and to raise a bit of money as a side issue. Over the last few months the project has grown in size and scope.
Today.....
Our task has grown in that we are now focused upon raising a truly significant amount of money on behalf of the Tearfunds 'Work a Miracle' campaign fighting Mother to Child transmission of the AIDS virus across Africa.
It is impossible to imagine how a mother feels as she holds her new born child for the first time knowing she has given it HIV. Sadly that is happening to 1,600 mothers every single day. That’s a new born baby infected with AIDS every minute of every day! With the right drugs and help this can be stopped. It costs just £7 per dose to stop a mother passing AIDS to her unborn child! Tearfund's Work a Miracle Campaign aims to stop Mother to Child AIDS transmission by raising £60 million by 2015.
In addition we will also be donating money to Birmingham Children's Hospital in the UK as well as the Raw Mission's childrens houses in Arusha as originally planned! To help us do this we now have commercial sponsors and supporters who between them are covering the costs of the ride and all its equipment so that every penny pledged and donated by you can be passed directly to the charities we support!
Our website....
Please have a good look through this website which aims to give you more information about us, what we are doing, the equipment we will be using and our route from the UK all the way down to Arusha in Tanzania.
Support our appeal and win one of our fully equipped 'bikes at the same time!
Most importantly though, please have a look at the page titled 'How to donate'! You will find a link directly to our donations page on www.justgiving.com and also a link to our 'Guess the mileage - Win the bike!' competition. There for just a £1 donation to our appeal you have the chance to win one of our fully specified BMW motorcycles used on the Trentham to Arusha ride. All you have to do is be the closest to our actual mileage recorded on the ride to be the winner - it is as simple as that! You can enter as many times as you like - each guess will cost you just a £1donation!
