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RACE CHARITIES
Spread
the
Love!
The Comrades Marathon is proud to be able to give back, through its
Amabeadibeadi Charity Drive, raising funds for six official charities.
Find out a little more about them and get involved to make your 2014
Comrades run a special journey!
COMMUNITY CHEST
The Pietermaritzburg and Durban Community Chests are committed
to raising and distributing funds to organisations that meet the Social
Welfare as well as the Education and Health needs of the community.
More info: www.communitychest.org.za
PINK DRIVE
The Pink Drive is the breast cancer Public Benefit Organisation that
powers SA’s first mobile mammography and education units that
provide various disadvantaged communities access to examinations
as well as teaching how to do breast self-examinations.
More info: www.pinkdrive.co.za
STARFISH GREATHEARTS
FOUNDATION
The Starfish Greathearts Foundation is an international charity that
brings hope, life and opportunity to children who are orphaned or
made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. The foundation continues to be inspired
by the incredible resilience of the children we meet and support.
More info: www.starfishcharity.org/get-involved-sa
THE SPORTS TRUST
The Sports Trust increases access and creates opportunities for all
South Africans to participate in sport through the provision of kit,
equipment and facilities. More info: www.thesportstrust.co.za
WILDLANDS CONSERVATION TRUST
The Wildlands Conservation Trust works on the philosophical
understanding that human wellbeing is dependent on the
environment’s health, and works at community level to develop the
tools that help strengthen the eco-system.
More info: www.wildlands.co.za
WORLD VISION
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organisation dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice. More info:
www.worldvision.co.za
An Amabeadibeadi gift will be enclosed in your race number pack when you
make a minimum donation of R50.
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More worthy causes
Race4Charity
Race4Charity offers runners an
opportunity to improve their seeding
for the start of the race through raising
funds for the six Amabeadibeadi
charities. Runners need to raise a
minimum of R5000 each. This will
ensure that they get to start in their
own special seeding batch near the
front of the field as well as an exclusive
goodie bag at registration.
Runners log on to their entry
profile on www.comrades.com,
select the charity drive and choose
one of the six Amabeadibeadi
charities to run for. They can then
create their own fundraising page
and begin their fundraising efforts.
UNOGWAJA 2014 –
FOLLOWING PHIL
Last year marked the third edition of
the Unogwaja Challenge, which was
initiated to follow the footsteps of
Comrades legend and 1931 Comrades
winner, Phil Masterton-Smith, who was
affectionately known as ‘Unogwaja,’
which means ‘The Hare’ in Zulu. In
1933, Phil couldn’t afford the train fare
to run the Comrades, so he cycled
over 1700km from Cape Town to
Pietermaritzburg and ran Comrades the
next day – finishing in 10th position!
Today, that great feat is re-enacted
by the Unogwaja team that cycle the
distance in 10 days while running
Comrades on day 11. In 2014, the
Unogwaja Challenge is hoping to raise
R1 million, and all donations will go to
the Amabeadibeadi charities.
To donate or find more info:
www.unogwajachallenge.com
TOYOTA
Amabeadibeadi
Win-A-Car
A brand new Toyota vehicle will be
up for grabs on Comrades race day,
through a lucky draw done on race day.
The Toyota Win-a-Car Competition has
been a driving force for Amabeadibeadi
fundraising and sees thousands of
Rands channeled into the charitable
coffers. More info: www.comrades.
com/charities/toyota-win-a-car