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The new Health Centre in Rwanda needs 20 hospital beds, $750 each.

Please join our Facebook group http://tinyurl.com/dhxm5o to support our cause, and invite your friends to join as well. :)

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http://www.biketoparachute.tk

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By credit card here. Check out our website for alternative ways including cheque and bank deposit.

About Us
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We are four young people from Upper Hutt who are cycling up to the Parachute music festival, starring acts such as Switchfoot and The Parachute Band, which is taking place in Hamilton from 29 January - 1 February. We are Michael Gray, Graeme Knowles, Stephen Loader and Kyle Nelson.

We have been practising throughout 2009 and are ready to undertake the 1022km journey there and back again after the festival, taking 2 weeks. We are leaving Upper Hutt on the 25th of January to get there on Friday the 29th. Then departing on the 1st of February to get home on the 5th. We have Ray Cheung as our support person who will drive up in his car carrying our camping gear for the festival, and spare tires etc. We will make four overnight stops at Foxton, Taihape, Taupo and Putaruru, cycling State Highway 1.

We are raising money via World Vision towards hospital beds for a new health centre in Tubehoneza, Rwanda. The Parachute festival raises money for this community year after year and our contribution is for 20 hospital beds valued at $750 each. So our overall goal is $15,000 but we want to raise as much as we can.

In Tubehoneza, Rwanda, the closest medical centre is miles away. The townspeople have to walk miles in order to get to there and this journey is made even harder for pregnant women in labour or those unable to walk. It is also extremely overcrowded, and many patients are turned away. So a new health centre is under development and a maternity ward was funded last year by festival goers at Parachute. Work has already started on that and this year Parachute are raising money for a nutritional block to deal with malnutrition. Our goal as part of Bike To Parachute is to raise money for hospital beds for the health centre.

Please feel free to contact World Vision if you would like to know more about the health centre project.

You can find our Facebook group by clicking that big button to your left. There are a number of methods you can sponsor us by, which you can find on the Sponsor page. We've already raised enough money for one hospital bed! Help us fund more!


~ The Bike To Parachute Team


Please sponsor us online here at http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/BikeToParachute

Bank deposit online or at your local branch
World Vision
06 01 010323407 09 (National Bank)

You MUST put "Bike2Parachute" as the reference so that the World Vision team can keep these funds separate.

Email us at biketoparachute@gmail.com with your name & address if you would like a tax receipt.

Cheques
Make them out to World Vision New Zealand. Send to...

Attn: Lindsey Ruffolo
World Vision New Zealand
Private Bag 92078
Auckland 1142

Enclose your name & address with the cheque if you would like a tax receipt.


Links
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- For more about Tubehoneza see http://www.worldvision.org.nz/wherewework/profiles/p_Rwanda_Tubehoneza.asp
- For more about World Vision see http://www.worldvision.org.nz
- For more about Parachute Music and the Parachute festival see http://www.parachutemusic.com

Contact
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If you have any questions or would like to help us in any way on our venture, please email us at biketoparachute@gmail.com

Sponsor us online
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You can sponsor us online using the "Make a donation" button below. It's simple, fast and secure.

The money goes direct to the building of the health centre through World Vision's efforts.

If you live in New Zealand your donation is tax deductible and a receipt will be issued.

Many thanks for your support!