{"id":5077,"date":"2011-09-02T09:20:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T09:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/?p=5077"},"modified":"2013-02-27T10:18:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T10:18:38","slug":"cyclothon-uk-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2011\/cyclothon-uk-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclothon UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With less than two weeks to go our charity team &#8216;The Flying Butts&#8217; are busy training for <a title=\"Cyclothon UK\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vultd.co.uk\/cyclothon\/charities.php\">Cyclothon UK<\/a>, being held at Brands Hatch on 15th September. Mike Kaye, Nigel Birch, Jake Wilson-Gunn and James Blackburn will be competing against thirty teams comprising of international rugby players and the <a title=\"GB para-cyclists\" href=\"http:\/\/www.velouk.net\/2011\/08\/31\/news-gb-paracycling-team-enters-cyclothon\/\">British\u00a0para-cycling<\/a>\u00a0who are to compete in the 2012\u00a0Olympics. The event starts at 7am,\u00a0is open to the public and should reach fever pitch late afternoon,\u00a0ending at\u00a07pm. The team are generously giving up their time to raise funds for The Butterfly Tree health and education projects in Mukuni and beyond.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5081\" style=\"width: 485px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5081\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5081 \" title=\"Zambian children\" alt=\"Zambian children\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/6105756260_77fef1337d-475x356.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyclothon UK &#8211; raising vital funds for these Zambian children<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These fundraising events help to boost vital funds to support our\u00a0work in <a title=\"Zambia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/about\/where-we-work\/why-zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a>. All our work revolves around the many orphans who have lost their parents as a result of\u00a0 <a title=\"HIV\/AIDS prevention\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/get-involved\/orphan-sponsorship\/\">HIV\/AIDS<\/a>.\u00a0 <strong>710,000<\/strong> children are left orphaned and desperately need our help to provide them with an education and improved health and water facilities. Our <a title=\"Orphan sponsorship \" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/get-involved\/orphan-sponsorship\/\">orphan sponsorship<\/a> programme gives these children the opportunity to complete their education giving them better future prospects. To date we have sponsored over 400 individual orphans and helped several thousand more at the many schools we support in the Mukuni Chiefdom of Zambia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5082\" style=\"width: 485px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5082\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5082 \" title=\"Evelyn Makaya in orphan sponsorship programme Zambia\" alt=\"Evelyn Makaya in orphan sponsorship programme Zambia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/6105734178_5cc4acf6e1-475x356.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evelyn Makaya , Mukuni High School on our orphan sponsorship programme<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We are very grateful to our main sponsors: <a title=\"CRB Solutions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crbsolutions.co.uk\/\">CRB Solutions<\/a>, Geddes Associates, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.academyleasing.com\/contact\/\">Adacemy Leasing<\/a> and <a title=\"Serenity Finance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serenityfinance.com\/\">Serenity Finance<\/a>. If you would like to sponsor The Butterfly Tree team this can be done by donating through <a title=\"Just Giving\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/clythothonuk\">Just Giving<\/a> or on our secure charity donation page. No fees or administration costs will be deducted, all funds raised will go directly into our grassroots projects.\u00a0If you would prefer to <a title=\"Sponsor an orphan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/our-work\/education\/sponsor-an-orphan\/\">sponsor an orphan<\/a> please use this link and complete the form. Your support can make a lasting\u00a0change to a child&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With less than two weeks to go our charity team &#8216;The Flying Butts&#8217; are busy training for Cyclothon UK, being held at Brands Hatch on 15th September. 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