40 000 Kilometers, 40 000 South Africans
March, 2008, I cycled solo from Johannesburg to Cape Town in 16 days.
Starting October, 2009, I launched to become the first person to cycle solo around South Africa. 100 days and 5951km later, I successfully completed the trip.
My dream is to become the first woman to circumnavigate the entire African continent on a bicycle.
I have been pursuing this dream for a little over two years now.
Despite all the pessimists, naysayers and lack of sponsors, the idea of giving up has never been an option to me.
It was with my trip around the country that I can now stand up and say that I am truly Proudly South African.
With no back up vehicles and very little in terms of financial back up, I set out, woman alone on my bicycle, to prove that I am capable of doing this and that I can ‘walk the walk’.
I was truly astonished and will forever be grateful for all the help the people from all around the country gave me. Wherever I went, people were always willing to help in whichever way they could. It did not matter whether I actually made it or not, what mattered most is that I was actually doing it.
It is with this knowledge that I want to be able to carry the name of my country and fellow South Africans with me around the entire African continent.
A message that says: “Yes, we have crime, corruption, aids, and all the bad press that goes with it. But beyond all that is a country filled with strong, caring and proud people. We have one of the most beautiful countries in the world…and the souls to match.”
I will be taking two back up vehicles with me on my trip around Africa. On these vehicles, I will be carrying the names of 40 000 South Africans, who will have helped in my living my dream.
How will it work?
• I am looking for 40 000 South Africans to each donate R100 toward my dream.
What do you get in return?
• Every person that donates R100, will get to personally put their signatures on my back up vehicles.
• It is my promise, to thank each and every individual personally for their help. I will go on a nationwide tour with the vehicles so the people who have contributed can sign their names on the vehicles.
How to go about it:
1. Pay R100 into the following bank account:
Jolandie Rust T/A Beat
Acc Nr: 9207910944
Absa
632005
Melville
2. Email your: Name, Surname, Cell Nr, Province – and City/ Town of residence to:
jolandie.rust@gmail.com
3. Feel free to phone me or email me if you wish to check whether I really am real and will not run away with your R100.
Contact details:
076 167 2008
Email: jolandie.rust@gmail.com
Website: http://www.jolandie.co.za
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jolandie.rust
Mygenius: http://www.mygenius.com/profile.php?user=Jolandie1315
Spice4life: http://www.spice4life.co.za/jolandie-rust.asp
Twitter: www.twitter.com/jorusty
Linkedin: http://za.linkedin.com/in/jolandierust
Social Press: www.socialpress.co.za/members/jolandierust/
One last favor: Should you wish to partake in this, please help spread the word by forwarding this to friends you think would want to partake. I need all the help I can get.
Thank you very much for your time, and if you do donate…I will thank you in person soon.
Kind Regards
Jolandie Rust
*No contact details will be used for any other reason than to contact the people who have donated, as to notify them of when and where I will be with the vehicles for people to put their signatures on it.*
This venture is proudly endorsed by the Proudly South African campaign
http://www.proudlysa.co.za
“Get out of the pool of fear and take a swim in the ocean of possibility” - JR