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For those that don't know me, I'm Gary Allen, I work for Vodacom in South Africa and I have managed to gain a place in the LeJog Ride Across Britain from Land's End to John O'Groats. This will be 1561 kilometres/970 miles of cycling from the very bottom of the UK to the top tip of Scotland over 9 days. That's 173 Km's / 108 miles every day for 9 days!
I have a target to raise 55,000 zar / £3,000 for 'Moyo Lesotho' which is about getting a generation of young people living with HIV onto treatment. We know that of 41,000 children and young people under 16 living with HIV in Lesotho, as many as 36,000 are not on ARVs. By raising money and using mobile technology, we can get more children tested and on treatment faster. The funds raised will be used to provide:
Transport: travel funds will be sent via mobile money, so children can travel to receive life-saving treatment
Testing: results will be sent via mobile getting children diagnosed and on treatment more quickly
Treatment: sending mobile clinics to rural areas and connecting them via mobile will bring life-saving care further and faster than ever before.
All the sponsorship I get will go towards setting up ways in which mothers can get to medical facilities and mobile GPs can visit remote locations.
As much as 50% of the women and children in Lesotho suffer from HIV and we can make a difference.
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