In the 9 days from 6th - 14th September Tim Davies will be riding the 969 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats as part of the Vodafone team entering the Ride Across Britain challenge. Tim heroically stepped up to the challenge at short notice after Neil dislocated his collar bone in an horrific accident 1 week before he was scheduled to start the event :

http://www.rideacrossbritain.com

Lesotho is a country facing an HIV / AIDS challenge and where there are currently 80,000 adults receiving antiretroviral drugs but only 4,000 children, despite ARVs being available through globally funded programmes.  We want all 41,000 children living with HIV to have access to treatment by 2017. 

The Vodafone Foundation is working with in-country partners to increase the number of children accessing treatment and the first step is to get the children to clinics. Via M-pesa, sending money via the network has become a reality. 

Our technology will enable children to receive their bus fare to ensure they can attend treatment. It will cost the equivalent of just $65 per child to access treatment over the 3 years of the programme.  We need to raise $8 million to reach our 2017 target and the challenge for Vodafone employees is to raise $1 million.

Thank you for your support and your donation.

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Tim & Neil