Racing for a purpose: By simply taking part, a portion of your entry fee will go towards putting needy students through secondary school with A Rocha’s Eco-bursary scheme, ‘Assets’. But you can do even more! As a participant you can also help raise additional funds for Eco-bursaries from friends and family and help even more kids get an education and in so doing protect Arabuko-Sokoke. Please do so! Write to sokoke.mtb@arocha.org for tips on how to do this.
What is Assets? Assets is a scheme that really makes a difference to underprivileged children as well as to the rare and threatened wildlife in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest. These students live adjacent to Arabuko-Sokoke Forest and most of them would otherwise not be able to attend school.
Most families around Arabuko-Sokoke can’t afford to pay secondary school fees... unless they illegally cut trees down for timber / charcoal or snare animals to sell as bush meat. A Rocha introduced Assets to provide school fees and so remove the need to destroy the forest – but it also brings additional help to the students families through nature-friendly options for generating income and just living (solar power, energy-saving stoves, honey production, improved farming etc).
REGISTRATION
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First, some basic information about the race:
Dates: 25th and 26th May 2024
Location: Watamu and Arabuko-Sokoke Forest - 3°21'45.7"S 40°00'10.7"E
Distance : DAY ONE : Garmin-based Ride 55 km
: Family Fun Ride 20km
DAY TWO: The Main Sokoke Challenge 75 km
Race start and end: Day 1 – start in Gede Forest Station, end at The beach, Turtle Bay Beach Club; Day 2 – start and end at The Beach, Turtle Bay Beach Club
Route: Through coconut plantations, beside mangroves, down steep escarpments - and up again, and through thick forest home to Africa's smallest owl and most bizarre mammal. Total climb c.700m. Watch FaceBook page for final route map information.
Entry Fee : DAY ONE : Garmin-based Ride KSH 2500
KSH 1,000 Adults (if only participating in Family Fun Ride; no extra if participating in Main Sokoke Challenge)
KSH 500 Kids
DAY TWO
KSH 3,000 single entry rider
COMBINED COST (DAY 1 & 2)
KSH 5,500 single entry rider
KSH 25,000 for a team of 5
Registration on the day of the event:
KSH 6,000 single entry rider
KSH 30,000 for a team of 5 riders.
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What can you do for the cause?
You can participate!
You can also help raise funds for Assets by asking your friends, family or social network to donate towards the cause through your ride. We have a special prize (two complimentary nights in a top hotel) - so get as many people as you can involved! for the rider who raises the most funds. However, even a little goes a long way in supporting the Assets programme while protecting the wonderful Arabuko-Sokoke Forest.
