- Sense International India is back with its 8th annual cyclothon to commemorate Helen Keller’s birthday.
- A route of 3 kms for tricycle and hand-cycle riders, 5 kms for children (aged 5-16 years) and 12 kms for adult bicycle riders have been demarcated
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JUNE 23
Over 250 cyclists in Ahmedabad will pedal 12kms to create space for inclusion, spreading awareness and supporting children and adults with deafblindness across India.
The ride will be flagged off from the campus of Blind People’s Association, Vastrapur at 6 am on Sunday.
A route of 3 kms for tricycle and hand-cycle riders, 5 kms for children (aged 5-16 years) and 12 kms for adult bicycle riders have been demarcated.
This fun filled cycling event will also give an opportunity to enjoy and shake your legs with music and Zumba at the venue. The participants will be getting fresh refreshments, ice cream, tea to rejuvenate after the ride and also carry back some interesting gift coupons.
The Title Sponsor of the event is Tekni Plex India Pvt Ltd.
Cyclists will be ‘messengers on cycles,’ along with people with disabilities on tricycles and hand-cycles, this event will be a spectacular support to over 80,000+ individuals with deafblindness in 25 states of India
For the last eight years, Sense India has been organising this sensitization and awareness drive in Ahmedabad to spread the message of the importance of education, health and inclusion of people with disabilities into mainstream society by bringing them together on an inclusive, cycling platform.
The event is being organised to commemorate the birthday of Helen Keller, the first deafblind person to earn a BA degree, become an author and a political activist on various causes. Helen Keller is an inspiration for deafblind, and persons who work with them – all over the world.
She was arguably the world’s most well-known person with deafblindness, and the first to gain quality education by overcoming her deafblindness. Helen Keller showed the world that deafblind people can do great things. She wrote many books; most famous one is ‘The Story of My Life’. We feel, through this ride, not only are we celebrating her spirit, spreading awareness about this unique disability, we will be truly participating in what she fought so hard to achieve for people with deafblindness – equality, inclusion and respect.
