Race 4 Change to promote microfinance

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Microfinance Focus, Nov. 10, 2009: Travis Pastrana, Rally legend and nine-time X games Gold Medalist , has entered his endorsement of car #20, Race4Change (www.race4change.org), in the East African Safari Classic – one of the toughest rallies in the world.

He joins the efforts of Race4Change in raising awareness, on an international level, about microcredit and is encouraging people to donate money to two of the world’s leading poverty fighting organizations, the Microcredit Summit Campaign and the on-the-ground Kenyan microfinance legend, Jamii Bora, lead by microfinance eco-pioneer Ingrid Munro. The race sets the stage for the April 2010 Microcredit Summit being hosted in Nairobi, said the report.

“We couldn’t be more pumped up to have Pastrana join us in our efforts to promote Microcredit,” said Steven Funk, an American-born Canadian, founder of Race4Change, Co-Founder of the Dignity Fund, and Chair of the Advisory Board to the Microcredit Summit Campaign. “Our mission is to drive a movement amongst road, rally, sports enthusiasts, and socially responsible people and organizations so that masses of people can unite, individually, to make change happen.

This rally event was first held from May to June, 1953 as a celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on terrain through Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika. It was later renamed the East African Safari Rally. The event was part of the World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar for many years. The Kenyan Government and many supporters have now united together in an effort to restore the Rally’s rightful WRC status.

According to report, Top supporters of Race4Change have the opportunity to win two fully paid round trip tickets to Kenya, with lodging and Microcredit Summit VIP tickets.

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