# Charity cycle raises €200,000

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/03/16/charity-cycle-raises-e200000/
- Published: 2009-03-16T16:46:31+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Just under nine months since starting six young Irish graduates who set out on a
25,000km charity cycle have raised €200,000 for street children in Kenya.

 

The group has cumulatively covered more kilometres than any other Irish charity 
cycle and are the first Irish group to cover the Pan American Highway from Northern
Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina. They are also the largest group ever to
cover the Pan American Highway by bicycle.

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A total of 185,000 km has been cycled by 32 people, individually the equivalent 
of 300 times the length of Ireland. The cyclists covered an average of 800km a week
with 130km everyday and 1 rest day for every 6 days cycling. Not one member of the
group had prior cycling experience.

 

The charity which benefited from the cycle is Aidlink, a Dublin based non-denominational
third world development organisation.

 

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