Relief.life

Hi
This week I chatted with someone who used to be in our church about a NGO that he is working on. Relief.life.
Relief.life is a disaster relief group that started out with a mission that was sent to japan after the tsunami. They have also helped out in Sudan and Somalia, and locally they help in the townships after floods or fires.

In short he asked me whether we might want to ride Sani in Relief.life clothing in a way of increasing exposure for the organization. I would really like to have this happen. Using my love of cycling to help the group help other, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

For a closer look on Relief.life and their projects, go to www.relieflife.org or check out the video for their winter project: http://youtu.be/Y6WB3EXA3NU

I read a cool quote of George Clooney recently: "my heroes anyone who runs towards danger, not away from it. Not only military and firemen, but aid workers and journalists. Relief.life are these aid workers. They are the people who responded and helped out in langa after fires razed down shacks, taking peoples livelihood with it.


In the meantime I'm in Heidelberg with the lovely Alicia at her parents. I'm packing in the miles on the gravel roads around town. This morning I did a 2,5hr ride that included a monster climb up to the town dam. This climb took me 30mins to go up, 4mins to go down, and I maxed out at 83km/h. Needless to say that was super fun. Rest of the ride was very hilly. Heidelberg has like no flat roads. Tomorrow I'll skip the morning ride to go watch the Stormers game over breakfast in Witsand. I'm eating like a king, so will have to go jogging with Alicia to keep the weight in check. Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels going up a mountain. Well the running and some vomit intervals will help.

Enjoy the long weekend.

Peace
Philip