Frankie Tan, the brother of a former colleague of mine, has come up with a very interesting idea to raise funds for a number of charitable organisations. He is going to cycle all his way from Malacca to Penang—that’s from one UNESCO world heritage city to another—beginning on June 6, 2009. But he did not opt to be on a bicycle; he’s using a trishaw. A beca.

And so he calls himself The Trishaw Man, and he will be raising funds for The National Council for the Blind (NCBM), The Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), WINGS, Melaka: Early Intervention Centre, and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). These organisations are mainly based in Malacca, Frankie’s home state.


The Trishaw Man’s Website

Frankie has set up a website, www.thetrishawman.com to document his project. He has been keeping it updated with blog entries about his plans, training and interesting moments as he goes about realising his project. It’s really worth taking a look.

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Related Link:
— The Trishaw Man Group on Facebook.