The Two Wheels For Life charity is continuing to raise money for its charitable work in Africa, getting motorcycles to healthcare workers—and to bring some more cash in, they’re offering a chance to win a trip to the Africa Eco Race.
In this case, the organization has teamed up with Yamaha, as part of a three-year program sponsoring the Riders For Health program, which is tied to Two Wheels For Life. As part of this prize trip to the Africa Eco Race, you’ll get a chance to meet the Yamaha Tenere World Raid race team. You’ll be on the finish line of the Africa Eco Race in Senegal, Dakar—where the original Dakar Rally used to end. You also get drinks in Dakar with Vanessa Ruck (from The Girl on a Bike YouTube channel), where you can talk about her own adventures in-person, including her Africa Eco Race run. You also get two nights’ accommodation (and breakgast) at the five-star King Fahed hotel in Dakar, and up to £1500 in airfare for two people.
In other words, a pretty fun time at the end of one of the world’s greatest desert races.
You can find more information about the contest, and buy tickets to enter, at YamahaMotorForRiders.com—deets here.
As for Two Wheels For Life, their website explains more about their program here. They’ve been working for three decades in Africa, using motorcycles to help healthcare workers get to remote areas and provide much-needed medical attention with Riders For Health as their sister program. Along with the bikes themselves, they’re also providing training, riding equipment and tools needed to keep the healthworkers safe and mobile. Currently, they’re operating in Nigeria, Malawi, Lesotho and the Gambia (see below).
The program ensures those in rural areas without money or access to healthcare otherwise still see doctors and other medical workers, thanks to the practical all-terrain capabilities of motorcycles.