We would like to introduce you to a courageous woman, a formidable adventure and the opportunity for you or your company to make a life-changing difference to a young life.Just two years ago, Gerda du Toit lost both her legs due to diabetes and feared her life was over.But now Gerda is moving from a wheelchair to a motorbike in a 4 000 kilometre mission with the aim of making kids without limbs mobile again.Riding on a Cayenne sponsored Honda Integra from Johannesburg to Cape Town and back via the Garden Route and Transkei, Gerda is set on shattering the Guinness World Record in an epic venture that will befollowed by TV, radio, print and social media.
It is called Riding for a Limb and after covering around 400 kilometres each day, Gerda will be escorted into all major towns by the Christian Motorcyclists Association.This is a project of the Kirsty Watts Foundation, a registered non-profit organisation which has been helping to uplift children around the country for the past six years.The KWF has already helped to fit more than 50 children with prosthetic limbs at an average cost of R20 000 including consultations and rehabilitation. But much more has to be done.And this is why Gerda, a mother of two, is giving up her time and taking on this massive challenge.What we are asking you to do is make a difference by sponsoring Gerda for every tentative and testing kilometre of her cross-country journey.Your donation will be accounted for by the trustees of the KWF. You will be invoiced after the ride and you will be issued with a section 18A certificate.
The aim of Riding for a Limb is to raise two million rand and give 100 children a new start in life.
DAY |
DATE |
ROUTE |
| Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday |
06-Jun-16 07-Jun-16 08-Jun-16 09-Jun-16 |
Johannesburg to Bloemfontein Bloemfontein to Colesberg Colesberg to Beaufort Wes Beaufort West to Cape Town |
Friday & Saturday in Cape Town
|
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday |
12-Jun-16 13-Jun-16 14-Jun-16 15-Jun-16 |
Cape Town to George George to Jeffreys Bay Jeffreys Bay to Port Elizabeth Port Elizabeth to East London |
Thursday, Friday and Saturday in East London
|
Sunday Monday Tuesday |
19-Jun-16 20-Jun-16 21-Jun-16 |
East London to Morgans Bay Morgans Bay to Kokstad Kokstad to Durban |
Wednesday In Durban
|
Thursday Friday |
23-Jun-16 24-Jun-16 |
Durban to Harrismith Harrismith to Johannesburg |
Average daily distance of 400km in saddle
All choc wards in major cities will be visited
Anticipated total of 16 days of which 11 days will be travelling
