Thank you for your continued interest in our mission!

 

Cycling has played a foundational role in our organization, particularly through our fundraising efforts to support at-risk women and teens in Africa.

As an avid cyclist, Anastasia organized a dedicated group of fellow cyclists and volunteers for the Ride and Shine 500. During this event, participants took to the trails to raise the funds necessary to distribute solar lights to those in need. This initiative provided much more than just illumination; it empowered recipients with the means to earn a small wage by offering device-charging services within their communities.

While these solar lights may seem like a small contribution, they have proven to be truly life-changing for the women who received them. We are incredibly proud of the impact this program made. Though we no longer run this program, we remain committed to continuing the important work of helping these at-risk teens and women through our other programs and projects.

 

 

Ride and Shine 500

 

 

Cycling in Rwanda . . . three tribes of women on bicycles cycling 40 miles in ‘the land of 1000 hills’

2020 – Cycling on hold

In the age of COVID-19 Anastasia cycled alone for teen Congolese moms, in partnership with HOLD DRC, who were enrolled in a year long transformational program, being given a second chance to change the narrative of their stories.

WRITING & RIDING

A Purpose Driven Adventure Coach

Cycling in solitude to an Audience of One

Having returned from a timely and productive two week trip to the Congo DRC in March, I began to ask the Lord for creativity and wisdom as to how I might be able to help with the pandemic needs of the teen moms we work with in Congo?

For years we have cycled in an all women’s cycling venue, Cycle the WAVE, (Women Against Violence Everywhere) in Seattle with 1500 other women cyclists.

That was ‘then’.

This is ‘now’.

Oftentimes when I am blow drying my hair in the morning, ideas out of nowhere seem to pop into my head. I call them ‘holy nudges‘.

The current ‘holy nudge‘ was to host my own cycling venue calling it ‘To an Audience of One‘. I cycled in solitude asking people to donate $59 towards an Emergency Fund for each teen mom we work with in Congo to be able to purchase protective gear as they go out into the villages with their megaphones at 5 a.m. communicating the need for preventive behavior as well as being able to pass out masks and gloves. The Coronavirus pandemic is currently spreading throughout the Congo DRC.

A generous portion of the sign up fee goes towards the needed tuition so the Congolese teen moms can complete their year long commitment at HOLD (www.holddrc.org). Their commitment becomes foundational in their development enabling them to change to narrative of their story.

There isn’t much that I can do
but I can cycle alone for you
as on our UNknown* way we go

With watchful expectation cycling and training in solitude ‘To an Audience of One‘ continues be its own Trip for Transformation on both sides of the ocean!

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