Jenny HainesApril 16, 2025Uncategorized
Ride for Education – update
Muzafar Ali returned to our L4R meeting last month as our guest speaker, to update us on his marathon bike ride.
Muzafar is the Co-CEO of the Cisarua Learning Centre in Indonesia and will be fundraising for both the Centre as well as for women in Afghanistan. To find out more about why it’s so important to support the education of women in Afghanistan, please read the details in Muzafar’s presentation which appears in our March minutes.
Muzafar and his team will start their ride on 31 May, departing from Maleny Qld to Brisbane and then on to Adelaide. The NSW part of their journey will commence from Murwillumbah on the 1 June and they will be in NSW until the 18 June.
After Murwillumbah they will ride down the coast to Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Port Macquarie, Dungog, Newcastle and on 13 June, will arrive in Sydney. The team will then go to the Blue Mts, Bowral, Canberra and on to Batemans Bay and Bega. They plan to stay for 1 night in each town and are inviting anyone to join them for a coffee, dinner or chat. The aim is to raise funds for the education of refugees and women in Afghanistan. They would also love people to join them in their ride and to organize any event around their fundraiser. Anyone can register an event/fundraiser. Muzafar’s team of 5 people will bring their own tents and sleeping bags. They only need access to a shower and a bathroom. So if anyone is able to meet up with this group at any of the towns listed, or can provide them with support, it would be wonderful.
If you’d like to know more about how to get involved,please see Ride-For-EducationFundraisingpage
A list of the places and dates for each town where they will stop, follows Ride4EducationDates-Towns
We wish Muzafar and the team, every success in their worthwhile endeavour to raise awareness of the need to support both the women in Afghanistan and the excellent work being carried out by the Cisarua Learning Centre in Indonesia.
