For the 3rd year around, we continue to successfully complete this year's edition to cover entire of Peninsular Malaysia again. Rotary Kasih Manipal Cycling Campaign, a awareness campaign of 2,500 km in 18 days aims to support Rotary Kasih project: A student life transformation program. This got started from Manipal International University Campus at Nilai, and traveled through Kuala lumpur, before heading to North corner at Perlis, then went to the North-Eastern side at Kelantan, and then dropped down all the way to Johor Bahru, to finally return back to Nilai after visiting Melacca Manipal Medical College at both Muar and Melacca. This solo expedition was flagged off on 29-Feb-2020, and touched the finishing lines on 17-Mar-2020 (2 days before Scheduled plan, due to country-wide Lockdown in Malaysia for Covid-19 pandemic).
Manipal International University, and Rotary club joined hands to be supportive towards this activity. Attempt was also to connect Manipal Group Educational campuses in Nilai, Melaka, and Muar through this cycling expedition. The aim was to promote the MIU's Green-Health awareness agenda, i.e. eco-friendly and healthy way of transport using cycling as a mode for daily purposes. The main agenda was of Rotary Kasih project; an awareness campaign to support Rotary's mission for years, at multiples cities as a part of this event, with support of various bodies.
At various cities, we could visit some schools and universities and address 100s of kids and youth towards the social welfare campaign. The purpose was well served with a great response from everybody everywhere. The support from news and media bodies at both India and Malaysia was also very encouraging.
A total of USD 1,000 (equivalent to INR 75,000) was raised during this campaign, and that will be contributed to towards Rotary Kasih project. Your continuous love and encouragement made this attempt a successful one, very similar to ALL other previous attempts back in INDIA and in Malaysia.