amanziawethu
amanziawethu
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Amanzi Awethu! is about two South African's, Murray Beaumont & Alex Antrobus, cycling from South Africa to the top of Lake Victoria unsupported. Our journey is as much an opportunity to explore and interact with Africa’s wealth of people, cultures and places and it is a chance to assist with one of Africa’s biggest problems – Water.
With this in mind the two of us will be heading North in early February 2012. Our route will take us from South Africa through Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya before flying home. We will be traveling on highways and remote byways to reach our destination but our main interest will be in the rivers, watercourses, boreholes and wells along the way. The aim of this is to add impetus to our charity of choice, The Water Project*.
The Water Project is an NGO which is installing water facilities in rural Africa in an attempt to alleviate the health, economic and developmental strains that an inadequate supply of water places on communities. We hope to raise US $15 000.00 for the Water Project which will cover the costs of sinking two wells. On route we hope to visit existing wells that The Water Project has installed and visit shortlisted sights for further wells. The aim of this is to illustrate what an adequate water supply can provide to communities and facilitate a relationship between donors and the communities that will likely receive the benefits or their donations.
During our trip we hope to share our experiences and adventures through this blog, our website (www.amanziawethu.org) , our facebook page (www.facebook.com/amanziawethu) and our twitter page (www.twitter.com/amanzi_awethu).
We look forward to sharing with you all soon!
Siyabonga umhlobo wam (We Thank-you)
Amanzi Awethu!
Murray Beaumont & Alex Antrobus
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