ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK?
We invite you to join us on a 10 day group cycle tour in Kerala, where it is not about what we can take from the experience but about giving hope and a brighter future to those who need it most!!
The facts:
- Over 65 million people live in the slums of India.
- One child going missing every minute.
- Over 40% of these children have never been found.
- Traffickers prey on children from these slum communities.
It is absolutely vital that we empower these children with an education which will free them from this vicious cycle of ignorance, disease & poverty.
The group cycle tour in Kerala generates much needed funds, which allow Forget Me Not & Lakshya Aakriti Foundation to do just this with projectHELP in Delhi, India.
The tour:
The 10 day from Fort Kochi to Trivandrum, gives you the opportunity to experience one of the most beautiful sections of Kerala’s coastline. Tour leader Matt Brice cycled this route on his solo tour back in 2013 and we been blessed to return, retracing the route many times since. These roads are rarely traveled by foreign tourists, the experience which we wish to share with you is something so special & totally unique.
You will travel along quiet roads with very little traffic, through small fishing villages, under the shade of coconut trees. The ocean on one side & Kerala’s famous backwaters on the other, undeveloped and totally natural. In India they call Kerala ‘Gods Own Country’ you will quickly understand why, it really feels like you are cycling in paradise.
The details:
$1600 all expenses: 9 nights accommodation (4 Star), all meals, cycle hire, support vehicle to carry luggage, water and tired cyclists. Entry cost to site seeing, qualified cycle mechanic, fruit and coconut water on the road, 2 Ayurvedic massages or treatments. A day on the back waters either kayak or house boat, tasting the best local food and drinks.
$1600 Fundraising Component: Each participant must fundraise an additional $1600 (more if you wish). This goes directly to projectHELP (Donations of $2 and over for your fundraising efforts are tax deductible for your supporters).
Dates: Tours run annually, with next tour running 26 Sept – 5th Oct 2019.
Your fitness: medium level of fitness is required as the roads are flat & quite good in Kerala. We also have a support van with us at all times for any person needing a break.
Age limits: Due to some unpredictable road conditions & as a courtesy to other participants parents must accept sole responsibility for their children. we have set an age minimum of 12 years, please contact us directly to discuss suitability.
The climate: The average temperature at this time of the year is 27 degrees C. There is little chance of rain as it is coming into the dry season. There is plenty of shade and breeze on the route as we are traveling on small roads on the coast.
Accessibility – Flights: You should fly into Kochi International Airport. It may prove cheaper to book return flights to Kochi from your home destination, and take an internal flight or local bus/taxi from Trivandrum (the finishing point) back to Kochi. There are however, international airports in both Kochi & Trivandrum.
Join us:
Meet amazing people, have an unforgettable holiday and return home feeling satisfied, knowing you have made a difference in helping change the destiny of some of India’s most vulnerable children.
Please send your expression of interest to enquiries@fmn.org.au
Cycle for Brighter Futures
2010
Matt spent a life changing year cycling 4300km solo through India. He returned to Australia with India firm in his heart. He found himself back in Varanasi after just a few months, searching for a way to give something back to the country which had offered him so much.
2013
‘Cycle for Brighter Futures’ (CFBF) was born, a fundraising campaign with the goal of raising funds to help establish the Brighter Futures Study Centre in one of the poorest slums in India. With this campaign underway, Matt picked up where he left off in Goa, cycling another 4000km around the coast of India, finishing up in Kolkata.
2016 – now
Matt lead 18 people on his first 10 day group cycling tour in Kerala, it has since become an annual event. CFBF is the key fundraiser for projectHELP, raising over $90,000 to date, allowing the project to grow from one classroom supporting 23 families, to present day where up to 1200 children attend classes in 3 locations, 3 times a day!








