13thMar

Matthew Goniwe Memorial High School

Learn-to-earn Programmes:  Scholar Mobility

These programmes are targeted at children, who earn bicycles in various ways, with different earning criteria.  Bicycles make it easier for schoolchildren to get to and from school, helping to improve their attendance and performance.

Johannesburg, 7 March 2019 – On Thursday 7 March 2019, 100 schoolchildren from Matthew Goniwe Memorial High School in Khayelitsha informal settlement in South Africa’s Western Cape province received brand new Qhubeka Bicycles.

Of the 100 bicycles for the schoolchildren, 50 were funded by Breitling through its fundraising efforts at the Coronation Double Century bicycle race in Swellendam. Breitling funded 400 bicycles in total, the remainder of which will be distributed over the next few months. The other 50 bicycles distributed to the schoolchildren on Thursday were funded by Qhubeka grassroots donors and fundraisers. The children who received bicycles are part of a Qhubeka learn-to-earn programme.

Qhubeka is a global charity that runs bicycle-based programmes in South Africa. Khayelitsha falls within Qhubeka’s Western Cape SHIFT project. “A SHIFT is a Qhubeka bicycle project that aims to distribute 5 000 bicycles per year into a specific geographic area for five years,” explained Qhubeka Founder, Anthony Fitzhenry. “The objective is to help to shift the entire community forward. We believe that bicycles are a simple tool that can help to address South Africa’s pressing socioeconomic issues – such as persistent and widespread poverty and unemployment – by helping people to get where they need to go and thereby access opportunities, whether that’s schools, clinics or jobs.”

Fitzhenry said that Qhubeka is thankful for the support of the individuals and organisations who have made the distribution of the bicycles into Khayelitsha possible. “Everyone who supports us is supporting the idea that bicycles change lives. Together, we can change more lives with bicycles by helping people to travel faster and further, and to carry more.”

“We have so much respect for the work Qhubeka does,” said Breitling CEO Georges Kern, who was part of the Breitling team that took part in the Coronation Double Century to raise funds for Qhubeka. It was Breitling’s first Triathlon Squad Mission, that included the likes of triathlon superstars Jan Frodeno, Chris “Macca” McCormack, and Daniela Ryf, as well as Swiss mountain biker, seven-time world champion, and multiple Olympic medallist Nino Schurter and Ironman champion and duathlon specialist Ronnie Schildknecht.

“Qhubeka distributes bicycles to people whose lives are changed in meaningful ways. A bicycle can take someone to school or work or a clinic – these donations can be, literally, a matter of life or death, and we’re thrilled to be able to use our mission to support Qhubeka’s vision,” said Kern.

The Khayelitsha programmes are implemented by Qhubeka’s collaboration partner, Bike4all. Before receiving their bicycles, every beneficiary also underwent safety training byBike4all.

THANK YOU TO BREITLING AND THE FOLLOWING GRASSROOTS DONORS AND FUNDRAISERS WHO MADE THIS DISTRIBUTION POSSIBLE:

Kevin  Afrikaner
African Oxygen Limited (AFROX)
Sheldon Artman
Grantham Daniels
Cynthia Dawood
Soretha du Plessis
Connie  Fisher
Vasu Gottipati
Mohammed Hansia
Marco McKenzie
Essack Mitha
SJ Nana
Gideon Schoonbee
Phumzile Swele
Antoinette  Wagner
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Frances Barker
Liz Fasciana
Valentina Hamilton
Nick  Holmes
Jemma Kerr
Jennifer McGill
Fiona Mcparlane
Peter Willmont
Oscar  Hamilton
Laura-Ann Hamilton
Lester Aderem
Howard Chait
Ashna Diamond
Ruben Franco
Marilyn Friedland
Ingrid Gasparre
Lesley and Hilton Greenbaum
Brenda  Greenblo
Jillian Israel
Tracy Joffe
Alan Joffe
Sharon  Karro
Taryn Krupp
Stella Lazarus
Roxy  Levy
Lisa Morris
Syd Muller
Laura  Radomsky
Leonie and Nathan  Sarembock
Wendy Schaffer
Bernard Schneider
Darron  Swersky
Rob Swiel
Dennis Hammar
Liz Ashe
Lori Carling
Steven Hershkowitz
Sophie Hershkowitz
Mitchell Hershkowitz
Paola  Jacobs
Jack Polish
Deborah Rappaport
Leanne Scott-Williams
Michele Starnes
Ilyssa Tabor
Stephen Zimmerman
Jessica Gotlieb
Diana  Boucher
Wendy  Burnell
Michele Busby
Angela Croxall
David Croxall
Yvonne Ellis
Sally Fletcher
Tracy Furse
Adele Gilpin
Nigel griffiths
Tracy Hope
Jonney Hughes
Deborah Kelly
Carol  Lacey
Wai  Leung
Siobhan McGuire
Viv Melia
Andy Mitchell
Christina Moody
John Packer
Hayley Pepler
Karen Rowan
Shui Min  Tsang
Debbie Wilkins
Beth Britnell
Hannah  Brookes
Elizabeth Corona
Lea Duane
Alden Ferro
Frank Gagliardi
Elena Gerli
April Girouard
Amy Glazier
Tracey Maher
Ira Nordlicht
Liza  Politi
Wes Salmon
Ian Shedd
Valerie Spiess
Richard Wallace
Sheena  Japhtes
Etienne and Liana Steenkamp
Thamsanqa Gumpo
Grant Kneale
Craig  Leppan
Cheetah Auld
Taryn Bartlett
Nick Caldwell
Leslie Cameron
Alastair Campbell
Ronald Campbell
Daniel Collett
Helen Crous
Gerhard De Lange
Miranda Ferreira
Linda Fine
Welmarie Fourie
Chrisna Garbers
Manesh  Gokal
Stephen Green
Debbie Grobbelaar
Warren Gurney
Fiona Hall
Florence Hare
Nicola Helwick
Ridhwaan Hoosen
Jeff Jack
Sarah MacKenzie
Dave Martin
Louise Michelson
Minesh Mistry
Duduetsang Mogase
Amelia Mooki
Wayne  Moore
Rene Moutinho
indrin Naidoo
Rakesh Parbhoo
Cindy Prodgers
Patrick Quarmby
Gail Raw
Celine Rousseau
Julie Seaton
Sally Shuttleworth
Riaan Smit
Gisela Stegmann
Vanessa Steingo
Wolf Stinnes
Jeanie Sun
Bernadette Sutton
Ruaan Van der Berg
Margit van Heerden
Melanie van Waardhuizen
Riaan Venter
Grant Williams
Ilana Ackerman
Zanfina Ademi
Lucy and Tom
Dylan Bennett
Pamela Cardenas
David Grimsey
Julie Grimsey
James Pilley
Will Ryan
Noah Solman
Tom Whitford
Nola Reynolds
Mimi Viviers
Zachary  Du Toit
Johan du Toit
FJ Longland
Nicolette Nel
Hotspots2c Tours
Marc Whitmill