Welcome to Ride for World Health 2009!

 

Hello and welcome to the Ride for World Health (R4WH) 2009 Blog! We will be starting the drive out to San Diego in just 2 days and are getting very excited, and a little nervous, about starting this amazing journey.

Please stop back and follow us on our journey as we work our way across the country to raise awareness of health needs around the world and raise funds to benefit the worthy humanitarian global health organizations Esperança and Village Health Works. You can also join our Facebook Ride for World Health Fan page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ride-for-World-Health/11862555943) where we will be updating pictures from our ride as close to daily as possible – though we can’t promise we will be able to get reception every single day in the desert!

I have linked up some of our riders own personal blogs which you can find on the right side of our blog page under "Rider Blogs". Also, please feel free to check out the global health experience blogs of R4WH co-founder Andrew Suchocki M.D. as he traveled to Kigutu, Burundi to work with 2009 R4WH Beneficiary Village Health Works this past August, and 2009 National Team Rider Ellen Acree as she worked in rural northern India this past February. Both of these blogs can be found on the right side of our blog page under "Global Health Experience Blogs".

 

We have many great events planned during our ride this year including..

• Global Health Days in Los Angeles, Kansas City, and Columbus OH

• Solidarity rides – where you can join us for a day of riding in support of global health – in Colorado Springs CO, Columbus OH, and Poolesville MD (at Riley's Lock, just outside of Washington DC)

• Talks and Global Health Fairs across the country!

Our full event listing is now available online at www.rideforworldhealth.org/news/events.html.

 

We hope you will enjoy following our blog and make it out to meet us at one of our events!

 

Alissa Gilbert

National Team Rider 2009