As a postscript to our Young Adults Put Muscle Behind Fundraising for the Sangkheum Center in Siem Reap, Cambodia article, the following is a brief report from Thomas Holdo Hansen, the whl.travel local connection in Siem Reap.

Thomas and his team supported the training and fundraising efforts of the young people from the Sangkheum Program for Young Adults, who participated in the fourth annual Angkor Wat Bike Race and Rally to raise funds for the Sangkheum Center for Children. (Read the latter’s enthusiastic special report about participating in the race.)

“The Young Adults of Sangkheum managed to exceed their initial £1000 target, which I think is a great achievement. We all liked it so much so we have already decided on doing the bike ride again next year.

Some of the guys have already started (or just continued, I should say) their training sessions and seeing as this was their first proper race and they only had ‘local’ bikes, they are very keen on improving this year’s results in next year’s bike ride.

The fundraising page will be open for some time after the upcoming festive season, so we might get some more post-race donations. But, as a whole, I think they all did a very good job and I’m very proud of them. And, also, all the donations we’ve had so far are very much appreciated.

I think the Angkor temples make a fantastic backdrop for an awsome event and I hope to see even more participants next year!”

Also present on the day was Thouni, from Teamworkz Consulting, the whl.travel local connection in Laos. She participated in the 30-kilometre bike event after having spent the week prior volunteering for Village Focus International to help them organise the event.

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