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Our Goals at Ride For Smiles
- To have an amazing adventure.
- Bring smiles to not just ourselves but to the kids of Ethiopia and beyond while riding motorcycles through Africa.
- Raise football / soccer equipment for the kids in schools in Ethiopia
- Matt Stockdale from Link Ethiopia is trying to set up a competition between a dozen schools in the Gondar region in the North of Ethiopia but they need kits and equipment to help get this up and running.
- Raise money for the kids in schools in Ethiopia to help them in building better facilities and implementing projects to help the students.
- Link schools here in Australia and around the world to schools in Ethiopia.
- To raise awareness and collect dontations for Riders for Health.
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About the Crew
Ride for Smiles will be a motorcycle adventure from Byron Bay Australia through Africa in 2010 and 2011. We will personally distribute football equipment and donations raised via this website to kids in conjunction with Link Ethiopia, a local accredited charity.
We aim to make a difference to kids who love to play football as we ride through their country.Please help us by sending football kits and/or donations.
1st April 2010 Juast received comfirmation that Football West ( Western Australia ) will be supporting us too and have placed the story on their wenbsite and will be donating some gear. Thanks to Football West and everyone that has helped so far.
25.03.2010 Football NSW which covers football from the Victorian border to out west all throughtout Sydney up to Newcastle are on board donating gear for the kids and have put my story on their website, thanks very much Sue, Adam and Mark form Football NSW for your support.
13.02 2010 First newspaper story going into this weekends Northern Star fantastic news
13.02.2010 Fatastic day at the the Byron Bay Rec ground for the Byron FC Rideforsmiles 6 a side day. A Special thanks to Hans Enter, Peter Keenan from Keenan Electrical and Alex with all their help getting things set up. Also Thanks to Craig Pruul Kordon Pest Control for his help and the donation of the trophies for the day and lastly thanks to all the players who turned up and for your donations you made for the kids. Great work everyone and thanks again.
I (Sheldon) miraculously survived a near fatal accident in late October 2007. During the painful recooperation process I've had a lot of time to think about what id like to be doing, getting out there setting positive goals living life to the full while enjoying my love of motorbikes and soccer and giving back a little with the second chance I've been gifted with is high on my list of thngs I would like to acheive.
Sheldon Thomson
Graeme Miller
Graeme is known by his friends to take life by the horns and has faced many a challenge. He has long had a dream to motorbike ride through Africa. The Ride for Smiles project fulfills his love of motor bikes, playing football and making a difference in people’s lives. He looks forward to kicking a ball around with the kids along the way.
Jared & Logan with Dad (Sheldon)
Article in the Northern Star newspaper, Thanks Robbo for such a great story and your positive support of Rideforsmiles.
We also hope raise awareness and donations for Riders fot Health. In Africa millions of people are dying from easily-preventable diseases because health workers do not have the reliable transport to reach them. By ensuring health workers have access to vehicles that never break down Riders for Health is making sure millions of people across Africa receive regular, reliable health care, often for the first time in their lives.
My son Logan and kids from YAC Youh and Community get involved with Rideofrsmiles by spraying the boat with Grafitti
Please Help
Are you business that would like to get involved? Please contact us to find out how
