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Daithi's Pan Celtic Ultra 2024!
HE DID IT!
See Daithi's amazing impact below 🚲
Who's Daithi Heneghan?
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Adventure enthusiast and humanitarian Daithi (aka David) is a super cycling supporter of COCO. Last year, the man from Mayo successfully completed the North Cape 4000, a legendary 4,000-kilometre ride from Turin, Italy to the Arctic Circle. His heroic journey on this 16-day cycle challenge saw him carrying everything he needed to survive on his trusty bike (lovingly named Jasper) whilst travelling across Europe and climbing the height of Everest at least 4 times. He raised an incredible £14.5K for COCO, a record-breaking amount of funds for an individual supporter of the charity's mission, bringing hope and education to countless children in East Africa for generations to come!
Daithi Heneghan took on another epic cycle challenge for COCO - the Pan Celtic Ultra!
What's the Pan Celtic Ultra?
The Pan Celtic Ultra is a self-supported, ultra-endurance bicycle adventure, now in its fifth year. Each year an intrepid group of cyclists (the Clan) take on an epically challenging route through the various Celtic nations. This year it started on the 6th of July on the Isle of Man and ends approximately twelve days later in Inverness, northern Scotland.
It began with an overnight 160km race around the entirety of the Isle of Man, which must be completed in time to catch the morning ferry to the mainland! From there, the route went north through the brutally steep hills of England's Lake District and into Scotland's beautiful west coast, finishing in Inverness.
What will this challenge achieve?
Daithi's fundraising has a huge impact for COCO's overseas partnerships. He's already secured funds for the building of science labs at Maasai Academy so that the school can align with Kenya's updated curriculum, and he's helped renovate the kitchen at Niaver Nursery so it can reopen following new government guidelines! Now he wants to do even more to support the provision of sustainable education in remote, rural areas of East Africa. Could you spare £5 a month to support brighter futures across the globe, and help congratulate Daithi for completing the gruelling miles of the Pan Celtic?
€5 could buy...
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an average pint in a your local pub
OR
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7 chicks for COCO's poultry project in Bwayi, feeding children and improving livelihoods!
£5 could buy...
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a fancy frothy coffee in a cute café
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21 days (a whole month) of school meals for a child in Niaver Nursery School!
Want to support Daithi even more? Why not send him a message as well!
We raised the stakes!​
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Just to up the stakes even more, COCO added an additional element to this already epic challenge - a head to head race! A group of participants attempted, as a team, to cover 2,300km quicker than Daithi could do it on his trusty bike (which is lovingly named Jasper, by the way!). But despite having more than 20 people racing at once, Daithi left us in the dust and completed the distance a full 5 days ahead of us!!
But wait... there's more!
1,487
CHALLENGE COMPLETE!!
137
£102/mth
£4,878
1,487 miles
