Tuk-Tuking Across India for deserving mates!!!

William Byrne is organizing this fundraiser.

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"Round up a couple of mates and drive a 3-wheeled shit box with almost no safety features across the length and breadth of India!" - Rickshaw run

Greetings!!

On the 9th of September, we will be partaking in the 'Rickshaw Run', a race in 'Tuk-Tuks' (glorified lawnmowers). The attempt is to cover 3500km from Gauteng (the Himalayas) to Kochi (South India). The ‘Rickshaw Run’ offers no set route, no backup, and no guarantee contestants will make it... The Rickshaws are shit uphill. They fall over easily. They break down, The suspension is rubbish. The rain floods in. Sounds fun right?

The race organisers ask every team to raise a minimum of £500 for the official charity Cool Earth, who work alongside indigenous villages to halt rainforest destruction.

For us Aussie boys, we wanted to find a charity that is close to home and our hearts. We have landed on mates Fiji. Mates is a non for profit which encourages creative projects to support a super deserving community in Fiji. We have collaborated with mates and decided on fundraising specifically for a boat for the community. This will be used by empower young men to create their own businesses and fish to provide for their families.

We are going to be taking over the mates Instagram and posting a bunch there so follow along @matesfiji. If you'd like to read more about the work that mates do and the people who are going to benefit from our project you can find more here: www.matesfiji.com.au/rickshaw-run

We will try to post as many updates of the trip as we can, (a live blog will be coming soon!!!) so you can track us stumbling our way towards the finish line and help bring smiles to our mates in Fiji. So round up all your loose change and get behind the cause. Every little bit counts. Wish us luck, let’s hope we make it!

Ryan McCoy, Jack Stevenson and Billy Byrne

PS if you donate AUD$50 we will do a dare of your choosing - this can be done by adding 'words of support' through the email receipt you received upon donation - keep an eye on Instagram @matesfiji!