The Alps and Zimbabwe
I was sent a link by someone to a blog post titled ‘The Alps and Zimbabwe‘ - my curiosity was piqued. Turns out this guy is planning a cycle ride through the Alps in August and will be using his adventure to raise funds for the Zimbabwe Benefit Foundation (that’s the charity behind the little acacia tree button in our blog sidebar). He apparently found out about Zimbabwe Benefit Foundation via our blog and decided to do what he could to help. Really amazing.
It would be great if the rest of us could cheer him on by sponsoring him. Go to justgiving.org for safe secure online donations.
The description he has written for his Alpine crossing is as follows:
Together with some mates I’ve decided ride over the alps this summer. I’m doing it because i like to cycle up mountains, but I thought it would be a good idea to link this madness to a good cause.
Zimbabwe is in pretty dire straights at the moment, and the people need all the help they can get. ZBF is a well known and respected charity, and comes recommended by many folks who know Zimbabwe well.
I will blog about our adventures over on my blog: www.theotherthomasotter.wordpress.com
Thank you Thomas, and good luck!
July 3rd, 2008 09:10
Will let friends in Bavaria know about this
July 16th, 2008 16:16
I just gave £20 to this. When my donation was complete the justgiving site showed me a widget that can be used to promote the effort more on blogs. I don’t have a blog but I copied and pasted the widget code and can send it to you Sok if you want to display it in your sidebar. It might encourage more people to do this sort of thing. What do you think?
July 16th, 2008 16:26
Good idea and good for you. I’ll go over and see the page later today - I am sure it must be possible to pick it up there direct (I am not sure our email will let you send us code). If the widget fits in our sidebar, will see what we can do. Hope