640 Run Ride Read Challenge

The 640 Run Ride Read challenge is being done to raise funds for two hugely important causes. Both help break the cycle of poverty through education.

It’s no small undertaking as the 5 challenge being done by 1 individual will cover 640 miles! – the distance from Grand Cayman (Where Chris Bailey Lives lucky chap) to Guatemala.

So what is Chris going to do?:

August – 475 miles in 4 days on a bike covering the length of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia

September/October – Chicago Marathon & the Miami Half Iron Man

November – Pedal to the point – A bike ride the length of Grand Cayman Island

December – Cayman Islands Half Marathon

 

Each of these events adds up to 640 miles the distance from Grand Cayman to Guatemala hence the name “640 Run Ride Read Challenge!”

Why is he going to do this?

Chris attended an organized trip by CoEd to Guatemala to see first hand how your money makes a difference and was blown away by what he saw. Taking this a step further he has aligned himself with another charity LiFE (Literacy is for everyone) and undertaken to raise as much money as possible to help the children that these charities change lives for.

 The work that CoEd and LiFe do in their communities is simply breathtaking and when you have walked amongst children who have nothing, no electric, no books, no internet and yet you can change their life simply by allowing  them to go to school, learn to read and have access to a computer. We can and have broken the cycle of poverty through education.

CoEd have been doing this for over 15 years and we are seeing and hearing first hand how this program has allowed children who would otherwise not have gone to school to now be in employment and supporting families by also supporting their education.

 Chris supports two children at present to go to school in Guatemala – Jonny and Sergio – he will be visiting the program again in February 2016 and hopes to be able to present the funds raised to the Guatemala Literacy project  in person.

 As an active Rotarian Chris also wanted to ensure that the mantra of breaking the cycle of poverty through education was heard not just in one country but in his own and elsewhere thus his alignment with LIFE (Literacy Is For Everyone), a charity focused on improving the quality of life for residents of the Cayman Islands through literacy programmes. Funds raised will be split equally between the to charities.

Thank You for any amount you can give makes a difference!