By Alyrene Rosser.
Travelling on a violet enfield through Bharat to fundraise for UNICEF, Alyrene shares her adventures as well as reminds us of the piddling things nosotros accept for granted inwards our ain country.
I dearest my job. It allows me to accept supporters on awesome adventures piece raising vital funds for the world's children.
In 2009, I was lucky plenty to see southern India on the dorsum of a Royal Enfield bullet. What an incredible feeling, sweeping upwards mount roads, through tea plantations as well as tiger reserves, eyes peeled to direct handgrip of a glimpse of India’s wildlife.
Travelling on a violet enfield through Bharat to fundraise for UNICEF, Alyrene shares her adventures as well as reminds us of the piddling things nosotros accept for granted inwards our ain country.
I dearest my job. It allows me to accept supporters on awesome adventures piece raising vital funds for the world's children.
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Royal Enfields sweeping through the Indian roads. © Iain Crockart |
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Me inwards India © Iain Crockart |
In 2009, I was lucky plenty to see s
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Royal Enfields © Iain Crockart |
The whole trip was memorable, but 1 detail 24-hour interval stuck alongside me. We gear upwards out at sunrise for a long day's ride. As nosotros swept downward the mount the mist cleared as well as I could experience the Sun beating downward as well as odor jasmine inwards the air every bit nosotros drove.
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Southern India © Iain Crockart |
We stopped for some chai (a refreshing, sweetness tea) as well as met UNICEF wellness assistant, Ms Indrani. She was distributing polio drops to children inwards the area.
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Ms Indrani shows us her map. |
Back in 2009, India was 1 of 4 counties that hadn’t eradicated polio as well as its devastating effects. UNICEF works alongside India's authorities on a large-scale immunisation programme to wipe out polio as well as other childhood diseases.
Talking to Ms Indrani was utterly inspiring, as well as to come across UNICEF’s run inwards action was simply incredible.
Now, inwards 2012, we've had the tidings thatIndia has reached a major milestone inwards the history of polio eradication – 12 months without a unmarried novel case!
Now, inwards 2012, we've had the tidings that
Our ride continued through mountains as well as busy towns, where nosotros carefully negotiated traffic. I tin even as well as then sense of savor the tiffin nosotros enjoyed from a basic but delicious local restaurant. We watched women below washing their beautiful saris inwards a vast river earlier laying them on the rocks to dry, as well as boys playing games inwards the water, laughing as well as splashing, every bit nosotros tucked into a delicious southward Indian curry.
Traffic inwards India. |
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Discovering India © Iain Crockart |
I'm going dorsum to India this twelvemonth alongside UNICEF UK Ambassador, Charley Boorman and another grouping of fundraisers for our Classic Indian Adventure. It runs from 30 November to 9 December. This fourth dimension unopen to y'all tin select betwixt riding a classic Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle (or going on the dorsum similar I did inwards 2009), or driving (or beingness a rider in) an Ambassador car.
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Ambassador car © Iain Crockart |
Whichever y'all instruct for, it'll last an amazing experience. Do y'all fancy coming along?
Author Bio: The writer has travelled independently as well as for her run every bit a fundraiser for UNICEF UK. She spent fourth dimension inwards East Africa during her voluntary placement inwards Republic of Uganda alongside VSO. Watch her blog & follow her on Twitter @AlyreneRosser for her side past times side adventures - climbing Kilimanjaro as well as UNICEF’s Classic Indian Adventure.
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