Oliver Nichol

Oliver's The Vodafone Big Bike Challenge – LEJOG page

Fundraising for Vodafone Foundation
£937
raised of £750 target
by 22 supporters
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Event: The Vodafone Big Bike Challenge – LEJOG
We use connectivity & technology to drive social change & improve lives

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Moyo Lesotho is about using mobile technology to change lives, by getting a generation of young people living with HIV onto treatment. By using mobile technology, more children will receive life-saving treatment far faster. There are 41,000 HIV positive children in Lesotho but only 5,000 of them currently receive treatment.  I am cycling to get all 36,000 children the life-saving treatment they need.  Very few children will survive beyond their fifth birthday if they do not receive this treatment and many of these children live in rural areas.
The funds I raise will also be used to provide safe deliveries for mothers, preventing maternal death and the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies.
Every pound I raise will be put to work, changing lives and it will reach more people far faster because of mobile technology.

- Transport: travel funds will be sent via mobile money, so children and expectant mothers can travel to treatment - this costs just £20
- Testing: results will be sent via mobile speeding up both diagnosis and treatment -just £50 will pay for a mobile enabled paediatric HIV test including the transport of the blood sample
- Treatment: mobile clinics via mobile will enable nurses to be connected, and more young people and mothers to be reached.

I am cycling stage 3 of the Ride Across Britain from Bath to Ludlow on 8th September.  That' s 100 miles from Bath past Bristol, over the old Severn Bridge and into Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Shropshire and finishing in Ludlow.  I'm cycling the third of the nine stages of the ride from Lands End to John O'Groats, but some of my colleagues are cycling the whole way, 963 miles over 9 days!  So all sponsorship for Moyo Lesotho is highly appreciated as it's a team effort!

I am also doing several other challenges this summer to help children with HIV in Lesotho and would love you to support me!

1. Wye Valley Warrior sportive on 4 May 2014, a 100 mile ride around the Wye Valley starting in Chepstow

2. Chiltern Classic sportive on 28 June 2014, a 75 miles ride around the Chiltern hills starting in High Wycombe

3. Climbing Mont Ventoux in France on Tues 5th Aug myself and on Thurs 7th Aug with my 12 year old son William on mountain bikes - see photo - which is 1911m or 6157 feet high.

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Donation summary

Total raised
£936.76
+ £118.44 Gift Aid
Online donations
£543.76
Offline donations
£393.00

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