What an incredible experience it was to visit Baan Gerda, a community for children infected with HIV in Lop Buri province, Thailand. I am so glad I went, and really happy my two young daughters shared this unique experience. On Sunday, April 17, we travelled to Baan Gerda and joined up with the Wheel2Wheel team …
Today we reached a milestone of epic portions for the Wheel2Wheel team. It may not sound like a big deal to many, but for the four of us involved in establishing an online donation mechanism and launching “Own-a-Km” this is the end of a very long journey. The story starts 9 months ago in …
“Education is not about filling with water, it’s about lighting a fire”, an elegant turn of phrase from Flora, one of the team members and presenters of the GECKO programme. She was describing to me her motivation for doing what she does: educating, but more importantly inspiring the high school students of China to care …
Wheel2Wheel is pleased to announce our partnership with Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) in Malaysia. WAO is a non-religious, non-governmental organisation committed to protecting and promoting the rights of women. When investigating key themes for Malaysia, we found a very interesting contrast between Malaysia and its near neighbours. In recent …
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Today we launched perhaps our most unique and exciting LIVE THE DREAM programme, called The 3rd Wheel. Wheel2Wheel is offering an incredible exclusive opportunity for a handful of people to actually join Simon and I on the expedition. Yes that’s right, a 3rd BMW F800GS will make the journey from Hong Kong to Brisbane … …
This week while on-route to NatGeo television meetings in Singapore, I took a detour to visit our charity in Cambodia: New Hope, and Wheel2Wheel colleague Jodi Pritchard who is working there as a volunteer. The trip really hit home the point to me what a difference Wheel2Wheel is going to make as we interact more closely with our charities. …
Oh how the months slip by in life. 151 days until we set off from Hong Kong bound for Australia. Everything is now starting to feel different. The expedition planning is in full-swing. I’m pulling 16 hour days trying to get my arms around this massive undertaking. Things are progressing well on many …
With the creation of a ‘not-for-profit’ Wheel2Wheel bank account, we’re thrilled to now be able to receive donations on behalf of our selected charities. We will be adding an online credit card payment capability at https://www.wheel2wheel.tv/donate.php shortly. However, for the time being donors can send a cheque or wire funds to our HSBC bank account. …