Bike 2 Bangkok for Tomato Village

by CityNews

 

 

Bike 2 Bangkok is a project initiated by Stig Vinck and Simon Bradshaw who came up with the idea of cycling from Chiang Mai to Bangkok (750 km) to raise funds to support Philatropy Connections.

 

“Philatropy Connections is a non-profit organization dedicated to support local organisations whose goals are to empower local people in vulnerable situations,” said the founder, Sallo Polak. The Tomato Village Learning Center, one of the projects empowered by Philatropy Connections, captured Stig and Simon’s attention. Tomato Village is a school which offers opportunities for underprivileged hill-tribe children in Mae Hong Son to learn English. The tribes consist of Red Karen, Paduang Karen, Shan, Pa-O, and Hmong. The head master of Tomato Village Learning Centre, Mr. Aung Hlaing Hteerasuphakul or Ben revealed that the children in the village lack education. “Some don’t have many opportunities or are poor, but they know that they want to have a good education. Knowing that their parents have low income makes them want to learn English, which means that they want to have a better future.”

 

Full Story: http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/bike-2-bangkok-tomato-village/

 

-- © Copyright Chiang City News 2018-2-26

That's a fair way to cycle! Well done to them, for a good cause too!

Knob heads 

Good lads, great cause.
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Clowns will be clowns.

After this I do really understand why some people are deadly scared of them too.