© Hands 4 souls 2011
Designed by
We ride for a purpose
Can one really understand the challenges faced by disabled people? Yes, we sympathise, we try
and assist, but unless we put ourselves in their shoes, we have no clue what they have to deal with on a
daily basis.
Hands4Souls is a charity organisation founded to help disabled people. Our dream is to enable
disabled people to get involved in sport and introduce them to the sport of cycling. Cycles for disabled
people are specialised equipment and for that reason quite expensive. When we learnt about the
astronomical financial outlay to purchase a sports wheelchair and especially handcycles we knew we
had to make a plan and get involved.
A sports wheelchair might set you back R22,000 while a new handcycle can cost a whopping R40,000 to
R55,000 depending on the specification. How difficult it must be for any disabled person to get started !
The Hands4Souls Team are all great cycling enthusiast, ranging from pretty good cyclists to mere
novices. Our main rider is Frans Wiid, an able bodied person. He has started training on a handcycle
designed for disabled people and will take part in cycling events to raise money for disabled sport. The
ultimate goal is to enter Frans on his handcycle for the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour, a 110km race.
Most people say "it is madness" and therefore we have chosen the bike colour PURPLE, known in
handcycle circles as GRAPE MADNESS!
No donations will be used to cover any cost incurred by Frans or any team member to partake in any event. All donations will be used for
disabled people raised in an orphanage to get them started in the sport of cycling and sponsor their participation. Orphans will be the focus
as they are seen to have even less chances to take part in sport due to financial constraints and lack of support.
Frans started life out as an orphan himself hence the drive to focus on disabled orphans. Apart from putting his body through a grueling
training program to strengthen his upper body he has imported the handcycle at his own expense and donated it to the charity.
The Hands4Souls team will participate in major cycle races to raise money for the charity in support of disabled athletes, specifically
orphans. The idea is to use your hands (resources) to touch the souls of the less fortunate. We can all help, by using our talents, our
resources, our network or our money, to contribute to give people a purpose, a challenge, a goal and thereby enriching their souls.
Hands4Souls is open to receive nominations and requests from any disabled person as we would like to accommodate as many people as
possible and touch the souls of many a person.
You can join the team, raise money, donate money, sponsor a disabled person for a race entry or sponsor a bike or any portion of a
bike(smaller donations).
Questions regarding any donations can be e-mailed to donations@hands4souls.com If you have access to any forums where this
foundation can be promoted, we ask that if you find it in your heart to touch another person's soul, that you be HandsON and help us
change lives!
You can make a difference! Join the charity Team Hands4Souls!
Want to learn more about the sponsorship options? Who are the Beneficiaries? Would you like to nominate any disabled person to become
a beneficiary? Please send us an e-mail If you would like to receive our newsletter.
"Life is about how you
respond to not only the
challenges you're dealt
but the challenges you
seek …
If you have no goals, no
mountains to climb, your
soul dies!!!" - Liz Fordred
.
Countdown to 2012
Cape Argus
Pick n Pay Cycle Tour
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Join or Support the
Hands4Souls Cycling Team
© Hands 4 souls 2011
Designed by
We ride for a purpose
Can one really understand the challenges faced by disabled people? Yes, we sympathise, we try
and assist, but unless we put ourselves in their shoes, we have no clue what they have to deal with on a
daily basis.
Hands4Souls is a charity organisation founded to help disabled people. Our dream is to enable
disabled people to get involved in sport and introduce them to the sport of cycling. Cycles for disabled
people are specialised equipment and for that reason quite expensive. When we learnt about the
astronomical financial outlay to purchase a sports wheelchair and especially handcycles we knew we
had to make a plan and get involved.
A sports wheelchair might set you back R22,000 while a new handcycle can cost a whopping R40,000 to
R55,000 depending on the specification. How difficult it must be for any disabled person to get started !
The Hands4Souls Team are all great cycling enthusiast, ranging from pretty good cyclists to mere
novices. Our main rider is Frans Wiid, an able bodied person. He has started training on a handcycle
designed for disabled people and will take part in cycling events to raise money for disabled sport. The
ultimate goal is to enter Frans on his handcycle for the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour, a 110km race.
Most people say "it is madness" and therefore we have chosen the bike colour PURPLE, known in
handcycle circles as GRAPE MADNESS!
No donations will be used to cover any cost incurred by Frans or any team member to partake in any event. All donations will be used for
disabled people raised in an orphanage to get them started in the sport of cycling and sponsor their participation. Orphans will be the focus
as they are seen to have even less chances to take part in sport due to financial constraints and lack of support.
Frans started life out as an orphan himself hence the drive to focus on disabled orphans. Apart from putting his body through a grueling
training program to strengthen his upper body he has imported the handcycle at his own expense and donated it to the charity.
The Hands4Souls team will participate in major cycle races to raise money for the charity in support of disabled athletes, specifically
orphans. The idea is to use your hands (resources) to touch the souls of the less fortunate. We can all help, by using our talents, our
resources, our network or our money, to contribute to give people a purpose, a challenge, a goal and thereby enriching their souls.
Hands4Souls is open to receive nominations and requests from any disabled person as we would like to accommodate as many people as
possible and touch the souls of many a person.
You can join the team, raise money, donate money, sponsor a disabled person for a race entry or sponsor a bike or any portion of a
bike(smaller donations).
Questions regarding any donations can be e-mailed to donations@hands4souls.com If you have access to any forums where this
foundation can be promoted, we ask that if you find it in your heart to touch another person's soul, that you be HandsON and help us
change lives!
You can make a difference! Join the charity Team Hands4Souls!
Want to learn more about the sponsorship options? Who are the Beneficiaries? Would you like to nominate any disabled person to become
a beneficiary? Please send us an e-mail If you would like to receive our newsletter.
