Help me build a cycling club for children in Kenya

This November, I'm cycling 600km from Nairobi to Mombasa: six days, up to 100km a day, mostly on mud tracks. I'm raising £3,500 to set up a new school cycling club with The Red Rubber Ball Foundation www.redrubberball.org.uk

The Foundation provides scholarships so children in Kenya can attend school, and has found that school cycling clubs support learning too. The clubs give boys and girls the chance to have fun, make friends and build confidence - they also teach bike-repair skills that can become a way to earn a living, which matters in an area where work is hard to come by.

Each club is set up with the world-class cyclist and coach David Kinjah, who mentored Chris Froome. Paul, a year-three student in one such club, says: "The exposure to the simple mechanics of repairing bicycles is a life-changing engagement. The club is the best thing that I have experienced in this school."

A new club starts with 15 bikes, a bike stand, a toolkit, helmets and clothing, which comes to about £3,500 in all (anything raised beyond this goes to starting a second club). Every donation helps:

£15 buys a helmet

£50 buys a toolkit

£150 buys a bike stand

£200 buys a bike

Donating through JustGiving takes a couple of minutes, it's secure, and your money goes straight to the charity.

Every pound will be in my mind on a muddy track in the Kenyan heat (and rain).

Thank you for helping a child get on a bike, and on the road to a better future - Andy xxx