Daniel Lucas
Kiss My Rickshaw
Fundraising for Frank Water Projects
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Some of you may be aware we (Dan, Olivia and I, Andy) are heading off to India to take part in the Spring Rickshaw Run 2010. It's a 2000 mile race across India in a rickshaw for charity. For anyone who doesn't know what a rickshaw is, imagine a motorised tricycle with a lid. Powered by a 145cc engine commanding a less than impressive 7bhp, capable of a mediocre 30mph and can awkwardly fit one adult, one smaller slightly balding adult and an Olivia shaped companion.
Once we have prised Dan away from Facebook and delicately explained that his cowboy costume is completely inappropriate, dragged Olivia kicking and screaming from her hair straighteners and Ugg boots and I have loaded up on what for anyone else would be a lethal amount of ice cream we shall be touching down in India.
Of course we are doing it for charity and have to complete the 2000 mile journey in two weeks which usually would take Dan about 45 minutes but our underpowered over burdened tricycle will struggle under these conditions and was never designed for anything more than city use. Add to that no support throughout the journey and our combined mechanical knowledge consists of the ability to distinguish an engine from a Toblerone.
We are aiming to raise £2,500 for Frank Water Projects and all money raised will go directly to this charity.
Currently 1 billion people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water, 4000 children die every day from dirty water related diseases affecting mainly under 5’s. 85% of hospital admissions in Andhra Pradesh are related to dirty water. Women and children walk miles and spend hours collecting dirty water.
Frank Water is working in partnership with Water Health International (technologists) and Naandi (local NGO), funding and implementing community clean water projects across India. Money raised will go the capital costs of building the clean water facility.
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