Col de l'Iseran

5 days of fundraising, cycling through some of the most mythical climbs of the French Alps. 420Km / 10,000m elevation gain.🚵‍♂️
We did it!!
Thank you all for your contributions and support. It was great receiving your energy.

On my World Bicycle Relief page we managed to raise CHF 2,403!!!!👍 ♥Thanks to all of you ♥.

Our path from Day 2 to Day 5 can be seen in the attached youtube video

From 26th to 30th of August, 10 Salesforce fellows will be cycling in the steep & mighty French Alps to raise funds for the World Bicycle Relief. 🚵‍♂️I will be part of this team and I’m calling for your support👊!
To make it short, for us a bicycle seems normal. For populations in developing countries, a bicycle can be a game-changer.

*** The Challenge
- The ride will be hard. Everyday I manage to finish on the bike, I will raise 100 CHF.
- When I’ll be suffering in the middle of the Col du Galibier🥵, I could just stop... ...but if you donate (here (https://join.worldbicyclerelief.org/sofyen/salesforceemea2019)) even a small donation for the cause explained below, you make me accountable to finish each ride. Continuing my ride will be my motivation to honour my donation and your donation.
- Donate and Make me accountable (here (https://join.worldbicyclerelief.org/sofyen/salesforceemea2019)).
- I’ll post some news here.

*** The Non-Profit Org : *World Bicycle Relief (https://worldbicyclerelief.org/en/)
- Distributes bicycles in developing countries to:
- Develop education* - especially for girls: break the barrier of distance to enable children & teachers to attend school. 70% of bicycles are for girls; girls who complete their secondary education are less likely to be married as children. With a bicycle, student attendance and academic perf. increase 🚲👩‍🎓👨‍🎓👩‍🎓👨‍🎓.
- Develop economy*: transport goods with powerful bicycle👨‍🌾🚲🥬🥔🍉
- Develop health care*: Care volunteers & disease prevention educators equipped with bicycles (e.g. programs prevention against HIV/AIDS)🚲👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🚑🚲
- Provides a bicycle mechanic trainings program that delivers a certificate to maintain these bicycle and to develop jobs in developing countries.
- For those who know about cycling, the “World Bicycle Relief” was founded by one of the SRAM brand founder after 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

*** Our itinerary in the Alps:
- Nice-Val d’Isère
- The most famous/highest/longest climbs of the Tour de France: Col de la Bonette, Col D'Izoard, Col du Galibier, Col du Télégraphe, Col de L'Iseran...😲
- Distance ~420Km
- Elevation Gain ~10 000 m 🥶😱🚵‍♂️


*** About your donation_:
- You can receive a donation receipt; when you donate just check the box “Yes, I want a donation receipt for tax returns”
- You can be deducted from your taxes
- A bicycle donated by the World Bicycle Relief costs 147 Euros

THANK YOU!!
Sofyen