NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JUNE 26
Over 2,000 cyclists will cover the mammoth distance of 1,880 Kms- signifying the birth year of Helen Keller. Spanned across six months this cyclothon will celebrate Helen Keller’s life and raise awareness on deafblindness within the country. This event will be a spectacular show of support to an estimated 5,00,000 persons with deafblindness across India dealing with the pandemic, says a top official of the organizing body.
For the past 6 years, Sense India has been organising this sensitization and awareness drive in Ahmedabad to spread awareness on deafblindness a unique and complex disability, to support people with deafblindness into mainstream society. This year, with the pandemic pushing us inside our homes, this cyclothon offers a getaway challenge to discover the roads not taken. The pandemic has come with the opportunity to take this event national for anyone from across the country to come in support of people with deafblindness.
“This year we have collaborated with YouTooCanRun and SBC3 to take the celebrations global. We are excited for the launch of this year’s Messengers on Cycles event, which is spread across 6 months,” Akhil Paul, Executive Director of Sense International India said.
Event Information
The event will be launched on 27th June, 2021 and complete on 3rd December (World Disability Day).
To register in the cyclothon, visit You Too Can Run.. » Messengers On Cycles
To know more about the challenge, log on to the website www.messengersoncycles.cycleforgood.in
Also visit our Facebook page to know about the event: https://www.facebook.com/discoversense
