10thJun

Selelekela Secondary 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.

1050 BICYCLES DISTRIBUTED IN GAUTENG WITH CITY OF JOBURG THIS MAY

City of Johannesburg (CoJ) is a long-term Qhubeka partner in the Gauteng region. This month, 1050 bicycles will be distributed to schoolchildren and community policing volunteers at three different events around Johannesburg.

Qhubeka corporate partners and fundraisers work to match the funds made available by CoJ to double the number of bicycles that can be distributed. With 50% of the bicycle funding for these 1050 bicycles coming from CoJ, the remaining funds have been raised by Qhubeka’s grassroots donors and fundraisers, Parks Cycling Club (PCC), Illovo Cycling Group, Barry Crouch and friends, Alison Gayler, Jeandre Fourie and friends, and the group of 2018 Telkom 947 Cycle Challenge campaign riders who chose to race for Qhubeka.

The breakdown of bicycles being distributed is as follows:

  • Orlando Community Policing Forum (CPF): 50 bicycles
  • Bona Comprehensive School: 300 bicycles
  • Selelekela Secondary School: 200 bicycles
  • Orlando High School: 150 bicycles
  • Jabulile Secondary School: 350 bicycles

“Since the start of our relationship with City of Joburg, we have distributed more than 3000 bicycles together,” says Qhubeka Executive Director Tsatsi Phaweni. “Over 2500 of them have gone to schoolchildren in learn-to-earn programmes, helping them to get to and from school more easily and regularly. More than 500 have been distributed to the Community Policing Forum (CPF) volunteers to help them patrol more effectively and to improve visible policing, and the remainder have been distributed to healthcare workers and other community service volunteers and people in Qhubeka craft programmes who have worked to earn them. It’s wonderful to see the range of people who are changing their lives with bicycles, thanks to the support of our partners like City of Joburg.”

Gaylene Campbell, Events Manager at Qhubeka, issued a special thank you to the Telkom 947 riders and supporters who helped to fund the bicycles for distribution in May. “It’s fantastic to see the commitment to supporting Qhubeka grow within the cycling community and we’re looking forward to an even bigger fundraising year this year,” she says, “It’s great to have such a big bicycle-related fundraising event in Gauteng, which is a Qhubeka SHIFT region.”

A SHIFT is a Qhubeka bicycle project that aims to distribute 5 000 bicycles into a specific geographic area for five years, with the aim of helping to SHIFT the entire community forward.

Alison Gayler helped to raise funds through her printed Codec tea towels for Qhubeka with data from the Grand tour cycling events, and in 2018 has funded an astounding 55 bicycles. “The fans have been amazing buying the tea towels, some sending extra donations too,” she says. “Even had my neighbour’s grandchildren save all their pennies for a year to add to the fund!”

Another interesting fundraising campaign for Qhubeka that helped to fund the May bicycle distributions is “Everesting”, which is where a cyclist chooses a hill of his / her choice and rides it repeatedly in a single ride until ascending the equivalent height of Mt. Everest above sea level – 8,848m.

Two groups of people did the Everesting challenge to raise funds for Qhubeka: Jeandre Fourie and friends (John-Michael Du Preez and Jerrard Le Roux) and Barry Crouch and friends.

“As an avid endurance participant, the concept of Everesting has always grabbed my attention as something that stands out,” says Fourie. “I am not particularly good at climbing, but really wanted to find something that would test me physically and mentally. I knew that a good friend of mine, Kevin Benkenstein had done a lot of charity work around his Everestings and that, as he would say, when you have a “WHY” the how will take care of itself. This was the first time I had ever thought about something more than the goal itself and it really changed my view on so many things. I was shocked at how many people supported both financially and at the event itself and that the goal of getting more kids on bikes really became a driving force.”

Qhubeka is thankful to all supporters and partners for making it possible to change more lives with bicycles.

THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG (CoJ), ALISON GAYLER AND THE FOLLOWING 947 FUNDRAISERS AND DONORS WHO MADE THIS DISTRIBUTION POSSIBLE:

Thomas Ahlmark
Nafisa Akabor
Nicole Alcock
Guy Allen
Jesper Allin
Rasmus Allin
Tine Allin
Danielle Alves
Mudliar Projects And Developments Pty Ltd
Thomas Arnbo
Sheldon Artman
Josh Bailey
Sandra Battson
Carol Benade
Zaytoon  Benefeldt
Jaco Benzien
Sharyn Berry
Vitesh Bhana
Chris Biley
Shaleen Billson
Jonathan M  J Blaauw
Thembiso Blaauw
Danielle Bornman
Marili Boshoff
Zanele Bosman
Bev and Wayne Bouwer
Siyanda Boyana
Gavin Brimacombe
Johann Brits
Abe Britz
Anders  Bro Bystrup
Joan Browne
Dominic  Bryant
Courtney Busa
Jacqueline Busa
Devin Capazorio
Sam  Chamberlain
Ryan Chamberlain
Hendry Consalves
Jessica Coombs
Nadia Correia
Bradley Cossey
Andrew Creamer
Kelly Cresswell
Stephanie Cronje
Andrew Cronwright
Dominic Cruickshanks
Alison Dare
Roshnee  Dayal
Craig De Bod
Lyndon de Doncker
René De Pinho
Yolande Deacon
Line  Deela
Tony Deetlefs
Sarah Diallo
Lise Dorge
Sarah Dowling
Jean du Plessis
Leana Du Plessis
Matthew Du Plesssis
Louise Due
Helga DV
Thandi  Dyani
Wayne Engelbrecht
Kasper Engholm-Keller
Amanda Eriksen
Robert Etzinger
John Evans
Aadila Fakier
Natasha Fakier
Vibeke Falden
Celia Falkenberg
Bronwynne Ferreira
David Foster
Brett Frederiksen
Ryan Friedland
Dieter Gerber
Christopher Gibberd
Melissa Goetsch
A Gomes
Arlene Govender
Judyanne  Grell
Michelle Grenfell
William Guwa
Justin Hagemann
Caryn Hanley
KeithLouise Hannon
Michelle Hardy-Berrington
Warren Harrison
Mary-Anne Henning
Desiree Henry
Kerryn Henson
Andrew  Hermanson
Prudence Hlwempu
Clive Hogarth
Nic Hubner
Jane  Hulley
Akhona Hute
Sisse Hyllested
Levern Inarman
Mikkel Iversen
Motla James
Nomzamo James
Eileen Jansen van Vuuren
Leda Jessen
Gitte johansen
Timothy Johnston
Charmaine Johnstone
Anne Jones
June Josephs
Martin Karberg
Patrick Kelly
Phemelo Kgasoane
Keith King
Merle King
Khuselwa Klaas
Jason Kotze
Thomas Kreisig
Norman Kretzmer
Magriet Kruger
Reinard Kruger
Belinda Kruiskamp
Lara Kruiskamp
Leonardus Kruiskamp
Nicholas Kruiskamp
Ebrahim Lagardien
Charl le Roux
Chris Lewis
Briar  Lock
Deon Louw
Athandile Maawili
Jane Macgregor
Michele Mackey
Ron Maclean
Georgie Mathews
John McBride
Eddie McGovern
David  McMurdo
Ann Meredith
Steen Moller
Lebogang Molokela
Sabelani Moni
Kusturi Moodley
Dineshree Moonsamy
Kegomoditswe More
Mohamed  Motala
Avela Mtotoba
Damon Munday
Betina Münster
Benson Muriithi-Nyakabwa
Candice Naidoo
Vanashree Naidoo
Shepherd Nosenga
Asanda Ntsangani
Patrick O’Brien
Luthandolwethu Oliphant
Onesimo and Onomonde Oliphant
Krisen Padayachee
Rayleen  Page
Gabriella Pappas
Sarah-Jane  Pattison
Nina Pearse
Samantha Peddie
Izak Pelser
Max Pelser
Janne  Petersen
Andre Pienaar
Anja Pierard
Kea Pitsi
Eliza Power
MNR Solution  Pty
Kirstin Purves
Ronesh Rampersad
Catherine Rapodile
Mikkel Rieper-Holm
Marc  Romberg
Mike Rowe
Lindie  Serrurier
Terence Siebritz
Kim Simon
Sanjivan Singh
Malibonge Skendle
Adam Skovron
Peter Solomon
Morten  Sørensen
Jerome Speechly
Hilde Strauss
Dean Stretch
Tara Stretch
Darren Taub
John Taylor
Stacey Taylor
David Terbrugge
Zunaid Thokan
Else  Thomsen
Anders Thykier
Nangamso  Titima
Sonia Torres
Claire Tucker
Claire  Ullyett
Neil  Urmson
Maite Valoyi
Rodrick  Van Ballegooyen
Maria van Rooyen
Chris Van Vuuren
Lisa van Wyk
Neetesh Vanmari
Karen Voogt
Maria Vork
Veronica Wantenaar
Amy Wildish
Lesley  Williams
Bruce Wilson
Troy Wohler
George  Woods
Thandi Zwambila
Jardene Bekker
Quentin  Naude
Stephanus Viljoen
Marie Sebueng
Cyril Anderson
Joel Mungoshi
Lourens le Roux
Jeremy  Lawrence
Denver  Ellie
Grant Bester
Kego Mnguni
Robert Farndell
Chris Everts
Daniel Harvey
Paul  Harvey
Giles Heeger
Tracey Joubert
Kerry Mc Adam
Sfiso Nxumalo
Tracey Leigh Van Gass
Richard Wainwright
Patrick Choung
Minesh Mistry
Jenny Berger
Mark Berger
Marcel Jakubec
Terence Goodlace
Marco McKenzie
De Villiers van der Merwe
Tim Capon
Heather Horrocks
Brian  Andrew
Kevin Archer
Justin Barrow
Darren Bekker
Johan  Bekker
Aysha Bham
Imtiaz Bham
Corrie Boshoff
Pat Botes
Stephen Bullock
Marina Burger
Dylan Busa
Paulo Chadinha
David Cochrane
Murray Collier
Michael  Cosser
Helen Crous
Sally-Anne Cruickshanks
Tegan Crymble
Leigh Crymble
Mark Dabbs
John De Carvalho
Gareth De Grooth
Shaun  de Villiers
Rick Diesel
Brent Downard
Wesley Drake
Victoria Dreyer
Nolene Du Preez
Hercules Du Preez
Khurshid Fazel
Greg Georgalli
James Gerber
Paul Harvey
Jenna Leigh Hill
Keith Hines
Sean  Jackson
Paul Jakubec
Charles Kantor
Ben Kelly
Bridget Kelly
Charlotte Kelly
Shahad Khan
Dick Khubana
Pool Kimberley
Christiaan Krüger
Kate Langlois
Rob Letang
Rob Lewis
Leo Lund
Thuto Mapohoshe
Carlo Mariani
Burton Matthews
Bradley Mcdermott
Matthew  McDermott
Daniel McLachlan
Louise  Michelson
William Mills
Greg Mills
Janet Mills
Trevor Mills
Graham Mitchell
Kenneth Mokgohlwa
Lebusa Mokhele
Mohau Mokhele
Jimmy Mokoena
karisha mudliar
Brian Muzarewetu
Zweli Ngoma
Dolly Nkuna
Asa Ntuku
Shaun Osner
Marisa Osner
Marco Peruch
Adolf Pienaar
Alexander Pienaar
Riaan Pieterse
Shane Ruan Pool
Vanessa Ralph
Sean Ruwodo
Richard  Simms
Graham Spiro
Russell Spring
Kerry Spring
Mark Steinhaus
David Strachan
Christine Strauss
Hendrik Strauss
Keanu Tandt
Devon Taylor
Wesley  Tiffin
Laurence Tshabalala
Lumka  Tshiki
Bradley Turkington
Bianca van Ballegooyen
Craig van Zyl
Jan Vink
Lauren Wainwright
Brett Ward
Alexander Welsh
Kyndal White
Yolandi Williamson
Alwyn Viljoen
Kevin Benkenstein
Leslie  Cameron
Steffan Cloete
Daniel Collett
Patrick Duggan
Auralia Edwards
Michael Elliott
Grant Finnemore
Willie Fourie
Curwin Francis
Roger Fuller-Good
Nicky Greek
Kerith Hulme
Kevin Kelly
Bronwynn Lewis
Colleen Lightbody
Carl Marais
Francois Maritz
Belinda Mcloughlin
Jason Morris
Richard Nevin
Paul  Siebert
Gareth Stretch
Andrew  Terwin
Brett Tremeer
Stefan Ulland
Tracey Nunn