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Mutima Project cyclists Fundraising Page

Mighty Mutima Mitrals

One of the heart operations in Zambia

Two of the patients rehabilitating after surgery

All seven patients prior to the final sign off

PAGE CREATOR:	Mutima Trust mutima@mutimaproject.com
EVENT:	Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge 2011
EVENT DATE:	26/11/2011

Thanks for visiting our fundraising page.

Last year, Amy Becker, John Edlin, Kirstin Walsh and Suzanne Johnson took part in the Five passes cycle tour and raised $5600 for the Mutima Project.

Since then, the Mutima Project has taken a team of medical specialists from New Zealand to Zambia and carried out life saving heart operations on seven young women. Each operation cost around NZ$5000 (as compared to $US30,000 elsewhere).

The Mutima Porject team will travel again in April 2012 with an aim to carry out between 15 - 20 operations on young underprivileged Zambians this time round. In addition, the team will continue to build capacity towards a sustainable independent cardiac unit in Lusaka within the the next 5 years.

This year, the Mutima cycle team take on the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge on the 26th November.

Amy, Kirstin and Munanga Mwandila will each do the 160km 'solo' road bike challenge whilst Madeleine Van Dyk will do the 80km 'Contact Huka' mountain bike challenge.

They hope that through your generosity, they can collectively raise $5,000 - enough for one operation.

WILL YOU HELP US?

The team is doing all the hard work; training hard for this event and will compete as best as they can, but we really need your help to make a difference to these young Zambians and help change their lives.

For the team it's a very strenuous challenge on the heart, a challenge on their endurance but all through a healthy event. But for these patients, it's a daily struggle because of unhealthy hearts and even for the most optimistic of patients, there is very little hope without the intervention of teams like the Mutima Project. We can make a difference to up to 20 more people next year, like we did for 7 people this year but only with your help.

Please could you sponsor us?

Select the 'Make a donation' button below. It's simple, fast and totally secure.

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

So please sponsor us now!

We thank you for your support

My Online Sponsors To Date
DATE	NAME	AMOUNT	COMMENT
29/11/2011	Moyna Bill	$250.00	Hope it all went well. Good on you all for your hard work. Hope it was also enjoyable!
28/11/2011	Earlbuilders Ltd	$100.00	Love what you are doing Mads;)
26/11/2011	Alex	$25.00
26/11/2011	Helen	$25.00	Keep up the awesome work!
26/11/2011	Nat	$20.00	Will be thinking of you all, slogging it around Taupo. All the best. XOXO
26/11/2011	Chichi Mwandila	$50.00	Good luck to you and the entire team, keep up the good spirit:)
25/11/2011	Chris Wakeman	$50.00
24/11/2011	Oliver	$100.00	Good luck Mads..admire what you are doing here.
24/11/2011	JS	$50.00	Good luck guys!!
23/11/2011	Lizbe	$158.80	Good Luck
23/11/2011	Ross Roberts	$100.00	Well done team. A great cause.
23/11/2011	Rachel	$10.00	Have a great ride Mads!!
23/11/2011	Basila & Zewe	$100.00	Go Uncle Muna. We are all very proud of your hard work. We hope the bike ride and the fund raising is all a down hill ride. Go Mutima project
23/11/2011	Moses	$75.00
22/11/2011	Wendy	$50.00	Go Muna and the team. may the wind be at your backs the whole way :o)
21/11/2011	Graeme	$20.00	Go Mads.
21/11/2011	Tony Harley	$25.00	Rock it team Mutima!
20/11/2011	Cynthia	$30.00	Keep up the good work for this worthy cause!!!
20/11/2011	Lisa	$25.00
17/11/2011	Dorothy Batcheler	$25.00
16/11/2011	Martin Budd	$25.00	Good luck with the race and good luck with the trip to Zambia. It's a great thing you're doing!