Revolver World has been involved in supplying Fairtrade T-Shirts for the ‘Kenya Cycle Challenge’. It was organised by Liz Eaton to raise money for Kenya Children Centres so that homes for another 40 orphan girls could be built. They cycled all the way around Mount Kenya covering almost 350KM in 4½ days. On the route they saw the many contrasting faces of Kenya: spectacular scenery with rugged mountains, deep gorges and fast flowing rivers; local people in brightly coloured clothing, happy children cheering them on and goats grazing along the roadside. They also saw lively markets with sellers earning just a few pence for their efforts; carts pulled by bullocks and donkeys and vendors selling all manner of goods off the back of their bicycles; beautiful flowers, wheat fields, banana trees, coffee and tea plantations, and rice paddy fields. However, they also saw crops destroyed by the drought, impoverished villages with families living in mud huts and starving people begging for money.
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