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 |