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Participate in Our Charity Ride to Support Surviving Students of Kabul School Bombing

​On May 8, 2021, just as female students were heading home, several powerful explosions went off in front of Sayed Ul-Shuhada high school in Kabul killing nearly 100 students—mostly girls—and injuring another 100.

This was a deliberate attack to stop Afghan girls from getting an education, to which surviving students have announced they will not be deterred from going to school. As the students go back to their classrooms, they need help recovering from the trauma of such a horrific attack and losing friends. We have organized this charity ride to help the school reopen a safe and exciting learning environment for students and help them process trauma.

​We launched this campaign primarily because of our ties to the school. Earlier this summer, we held a series of weekly workshops with some of the school's students on environmental protection, with the goal of teaching them the basics of trail building. One of those students got injured in the attack, while others lost peers. But we also want to support because in the current sensitive climate of Afghanistan, causes like this are the right and most important thing to do. Too many such attacks have happened, claiming the lives of our brightest, reducing their worth to numbers only, and attempting to wipe out the future of our new generation, particularly women. 

And so, we can afford to ditch our bikes aside for a while to address more pressing needs. But not entirely and not really. In fact, we asked how can we use cycling to help the school and the students in their time of need? and came up with Naw Shakh Summit Challenge. Cycling has always been and can be a means for effecting change. 

Naw Shakh is Afghanistan's tallest mountain peak, standing at 24,580 feet. We have set up a crowdfunding campaign around the idea of riding the elevation of Mt. Naw Shakh to support Sayed Ul-Shuhada school. Our founder, Farid Noori, is taking on the personal challenge of climbing Naw Shakh in a single day on his bike (#NawShakhing) to generate campaign momentum and pay tribute to the victims and survivors. The idea is to raise a dollar ($) for every foot of the elevation climbed. 

There are two ways you can support the campaign:

1. Make a direct donation using the widget to the right
2. Participate in the Naw Shakh Summit Cycling Challenge

If you want to participate in the Naw Shakh Challenge, please use the form below to sign up. Here is how it will work. To make fundraising goals more realistic for participants, we have slightly modified the one-for-one dollar ($) to elevation ratio instead to $1 per 10 feet of the climb. For example, if you pledge to climb 5,000 feet (a good challenge), then you commit to raising $500. Once you sign up, we will work with you to help you raise the pledged amount, which you can either personally donate or raise through your close network (employer, family, friends, social media, etc.) You will use the same platform to make your donation. Here is a link: https://startsomegood.com/eduacationwillprevail 

This is a ride for everybody, and we want to make it inclusive for all ages and abilities. You do not need special equipment to participate. Doing a 500 ft. climb is just as valuable as doing 10,000 ft. What matters is our strength in numbers to show solidarity with the student survivors, and help them continue their dream of getting an education.

Notes:

• if you are not a cyclist, or instead wish to run or hike, that is fully welcome and appreciated too! Thank you for participating! You can use the same form below to sign up. 
• The crowdfunding campaign will run until Aug 2, 2021. All donations need to be made till then, as well as Naw Shakh Summit Challenge rides/runs/hikes accomplished. 
• Farid is planning his ride at the end of July, the exact day depending on weather. If you are participating in the Naw Shakh Summit Challenge, you can either do it on the same day as him to get a social media campaign going on or any day between now and Aug 2. 
• You can do the challenge anywhere that's convenient for you. Just pick a hill nearby, and make sure to have a way to document your ride, run or hike. We recommend Strava. 

We hope to see you! And please use #NawShakhSummitChallenge #NawShakh4Education #EducationWillPrevail 

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Mountain Bike Afghanistan has been offered a unique time sensitive shipment opportunity to send bikes and other equipment from the United States to Afghanistan for the purpose of empowering Afghan youth. 

​Now calling on all interested individuals, businesses, humanitarian organizations and the cycling industry to help us fulfill our needs. Click below to learn more about how you can get involved. 

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Afghanistan is an immensely beautiful country. It is home to some of the world's tallest mountains. But, they continue to go unnoticed because of the ongoing conflicts. We have set out to change that.

With each pedal stroke, we go deeper into exploring our country and enjoying the endless adventures it offers. With each pedal stroke, we promote peace.

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In 2018, we organized the first ever cross country (XC) mountain bike race in Afghanistan: the Hindukush MTB Challenge. We did it in response to a growing popularity of mountain biking among the Afghan youth. 

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We are at work to transform Afghanistan to a cycling nation. That is anything from using bikes for transport to producing elite athletes competing at the world stage. 

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