Three of us who will ride 2,000 miles through India to raise awareness and funds to rebuild Umri Christian Hospital are from North America. Two of us are from the United States of America and one is from Canada. Joe James (on the right in the photo) is from Canada; Bob Yardy (middle) and John Hay, Jr.(left) are from the Midwest of the USA.We will be joined by two riders from India. In addition, a driver in a support vehicle will follow us along the trek that will take us from Nagercoil at the southern tip of India to the nation's capitol--New Delhi--in the north. We hope to tell people whom we meet on the road and in the cities about Umri Christian Hospital and our project. We also hope you will follow our journey online via this blog.
This photo was taken during a break in the meeting of the Umri Christian Hospital Support Group, an international committee of advocates for the hosptial's important work among the rural poor in central India. Joe James and John Hay, Jr. were able to ride our bikes to the meeting and make a presentation about our trip to India this past January. The Support Group is enthusiastic about Bicycle India 2007.
