2025: Route information of “Ride for a child” charity motor bike ride fundraising event: 2025
Pediatric Care Africa
Registered non-profit organization: Reg no: 214-711
Non-Profit Company: Registration Number: 2020 / 865045 / 08
PBO reg No: 93006552 – 18A tax benefits
www.pediatriccareafrica.org
“Ride for a child” route, dates, and roads to be travelled.
Our 6th annual motor bike ride charity event: Sunday 9th February 2025 to Sunday 2nd March 2025
“Doctors for children drive”
Purpose: The 2025 “Ride for a Child” 7000km Charity motorbike ride around South Africa is to “recruit, as a matter of speech” volunteer private General Practitioners in every town we travel through on our annual motorbike ride as part of our “Doctor’s for children” drive. Each volunteer General Practitioner that joins our “Doctors for Children” drive will be requested to assist 2 Children per year on a Pro Bona basis we at Pediatric Care Africa refer to them, in the event of us receiving a request for assistance of a sick child in their area/suburb/town. The idea is to create the facility and have a further +300 additional under privileged South African children per year consult a Private General Practitioner, for the purpose of diagnosis and a prescription for medicine. If the child requires more than just a physical examination to enable the Volunteer General Practitioner to make a diagnosis, we at Pediatric Care Africa arrange/pay for the medication the child is prescribed by the volunteer GP and the same for any lab tests/X rays the child must receive to facilitate a diagnosis.
Furthermore, it is important to generate funds for surgeries, medical treatment and baby food/milk for underprivileged children requiring surgeries, medical treatment or are in food distress. Our continuous fundraising efforts enable us to pay for the medical expenses and surgeries of under privileged children as “Doctor’s don’t save life’s, money does”
It is entirely up to every individual person or Motor cycle Club/group to decide on how to help us to raise funds for children’s surgeries and medical treatment during this ride. Please get involved as without you there is no us….
Plan: We ask that every motorcycle club/group in the towns we travel through on our route, speak to his/her/their local General Practitioner, and explain to them what we do, who we are and if they may be interested in becoming a volunteer Doctor with Pediatric care Africa as explained above. Should the Doctor be interested, then to please make an appointment for Dr André Hattingh our founder and CEO to meet with them and answer any questions they may have on the day we travel through your town.
“Mandy Pieters” our event planner and coordinator, will have the dates and estimated times we will be traveling through every town we will be passing through on our route, and is the person of contact if for example a “prospective volunteer Doctor” wish to meet us in person or a group wish to ride with us for a bit. Mandy can be reached at: events@pediatriccareafrica.org or her WhatsApp no is 072 034 0544
Many clubs or groups have members that are Doctors, so please speak to them as there are literally thousands of children in our Country that need to see a doctor, but very simply put cannot afford the consultation or the medicine due to no fault of theirs.
We plead with participating Motor bike clubs, groups, and individual riders to for example arrange a fundraising event for the benefit of Pediatric Care Africa during the ride to assist us in our fundraising efforts.
It is entirely up to every individual or Motor cycle Club/group to decide on how to help us raise funds for children’s surgeries and medical treatment, should you find what we do a worthwhile cause and worthy of your support.
We also ask Companies to sponsor Dr Hattingh for each km he completes of the route on his motorcycle.
Absolutely every child deserves to have access to proper and professional medical care.
Over the years, supporters of our “Ride for a Child” annual charity motorbike ride, has made it possible for us to assist dozens of children with surgeries, hundreds of persons received free medical care through our medical outreach programs, you helped us and made it possible to import a 40ft container full of medical equipment from the UK, resulting in dozens of children receiving wheelchairs, specialist buggies for children with CP related disabilities and assisted us to help establish a World class standard paediatric surgical ward and a paediatric burns ward, to mention but a few issues the biker community in South Africa has assisted us in achieving over the past 7 years. Respect and a huge thank you…!
Distance 7000km
Duration 22 days
Start date: Sunday 9th February 2025 Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
End date: 2nd March 2025 Oudtshoorn Western Cape
The route will reach the most Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern points of South Africa that is accessible by road bike, by us travelling all around the borders of South Africa, we draw an imaginary circle around the children in South Africa, to show them that we care.
Rider for Pediatric care Africa: Dr J. André Hattingh, Founder and Chairman of Pediatric care Africa on a Road King Harley Davidson.
On reaching Upington on this 6th “Ride for a child” charity motorbike ride, Dr Andre would have ridden his Road King Harley Davidson the equivalent of the entire circumference of the earth which is 40 075km to raise funds for children’s surgeries and on completion of the 6th “ride for a child” a total distance of 42000km would have been travelled to benefit our sick children.
Rider/s will be accompanied by a support vehicle carrying a spare motorcycle for Dr André in the event of a breakdown.
Companies and individuals are invited to sponsor Dr André Hattingh for each 1 Kilometre completed, or 10 km’s completed, or 100 km’s completed by motorbike. Options: R1 per km, R2 per km or R5 per km completed by our Pediatric Care Africa rider or a straight once off donation of any amount. (Sponsorship documents available)
In the event of Dr André having an incident or is forced to abandon the charity drive and is not able to continue, sponsors will only pay for the actual kilometres travelled before abandoning the round-trip effort. The odometer reading and a photo of the odometer will be taken on the spot where the ride is abandoned.
In the event of a mishap with the Road King Harley Davidson during the ride, Dr Hattingh will switch to a spare motorbike to enable him to complete the charity motorbike ride. The odometers of both bikes will be taken at the point of switch over.
Guest riders joining us on route are very welcome and are asked to also obtain sponsors for every kilometre they travel with us and donate the funds generated to Pediatric care Africa in aid of surgeries and medical treatment. All guest riders regardless of distance travelled qualify to purchase a 2025 Ride for a child badge, as proof of participation.
Our rider’s odometer reading will be taken down and photographed by a nominated party and two witnesses at the start and at the end of the charity drive and photos of the odometer will be taken on both occasions, to verify distance travelled.
Note: The route may change on short notice and alternative routes may be taken in the event of unrest, natural disasters or any reason making a specific part of the route unsafe for road users.
Ride for a Child – 2025
Route of our fundraising bike ride with dates:
Distance 7000km around the outside perimeters of South Africa.
Day 1: Sunday 9 Feb: Oudtshoorn to Port Elizabeth N2 via George. Dr Andre departs from De Rust earlier in the morning at 07h40 from the Caltex garage in De Rust, to join up at the main departure point in Oudtshoorn at 09h00 thereafter departing to George with a fuel and meet stop at the Sasol garage on the N2 in George at about 10h00, for bikers joining in George.
Day 2: Monday 10 Feb Port Elizabeth to East London
Day 3: Tuesday 11 Feb East London to Port St Johns
Day 4: Wednesday 12 Feb Port St Johns to Durban
Day 5: Thursday Durban 13 Feb (Visit to orphanage)
Day 6: Friday 14 Feb Durban to St Lucia (St Lucia is the most Eastern point on our route)
Day 7: Saturday 15 Feb St Lucia to Pongola
Day 8: Sunday 16 Feb Pongola to Nelspruit
Day 9: Monday 17 Feb Nelspruit (Motorbike service)
Day 10: Tuesday 18 Feb Nelspruit (visit to Katoen care centre in White River)
Day 11: Wednesday 19 Feb Nelspruit to Louis Trichardt via White River & Sabie
Day 12: Thursday 20 Feb Louis Trichardt to Thabazimbi – Travel to the Beit bridge border post first to touch the most Northern point of our route, return to Louis Trichardt then onwards to Thabazimbi
Day 13: Friday 21 Feb Thabazimbi to Rustenburg
Day 14: Saturday 22 Feb Rustenburg to Vryburg
Day 15: Sunday 23 Feb Vryburg to Upington
Day 16: Monday 24 Feb Upington (Visit to Jogébed baby and foster care homes)
Day 17: Tuesday 25 Feb Upington (Rest Day)
Day 18: Wednesday 26 Feb Uppington to Port Nolloth – Travel to Alexander Bay to touch the most Western point on our route and return to Port Nolloth.
Day 19: Thursday 27 Feb Port Nolloth to Lamberts Bay
Day 20: Friday 28 Feb Lamberts Bay to Cape Town
Day 21: Saturday 1st March Cape Town to Cape Agulhas (Cape Agulhas is the most Southern point on our route)
Day 22: Sunday 2nd March Cape Agulhas to Oudtshoorn via George and finally to De Rust
Please visit our website at: www.pediatriccareafrica.org or phone our office at +27 (0) 762295663 for further information
www. Pediatriccareafrica.org
Office: +27 (0) 762295663
Non-Profit Company: Registration Number: 2020 / 865045 / 08
Not for profit organization: Reg no: 214-711 NPO
Tax Exempted organization: PBO number: 930064552 – 18A Tax benefits
Pediatric Care Africa provides lifesaving assistance and hope to underprivileged children in our local communities.
“All children have the absolute right to a healthy life”