Paul Niel, our Hong Kong-based adventure speaker, has recently gone on a rickshaw adventure to support girls’ education in India.
“Girls without education in rural India are often subjected to child marriage and have children very young, or if they are poor they’ll drop out of schools to marry,” said Wong, 32, a language teacher. “Educating girls has a flow-on effect – it means HIV is three times less likely, mothers will go on to educate their children and it helps to alleviate poverty.”
The team will set off on two 145cc rickshaws from the port of Kochin in Kerala state on India’s southwest coast, headed for the northwestern city of Jaisalmer, near the border with Pakistan. The trip is part of the Rickshaw Run, organised by The Adventurists, charity fundraisers whose outlandish events have so far raised £4.7 million (HK$56.7 million).
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You can find more details on the adventure on Paul’s website:
http://www.paulniel.com/education-explorers-reached-jaisalmer-mission-started/
Paul Niel
Paul Niel is a Hong Kong based entrepreneur, future thinker and adventurer. He supports and sponsors enterprises that use exponential technologies to solve grand challenges. He is co-founder of Peared, a lifestyle company for older adults and Luxarity, a Hong Kong based enterprise with a mission to up cycle luxury fashion. He is also an active angel and early stage investor supporting innovative businesses in Europe and Asia and is an expert for the Exponential Organisations Program and an alumni and ambassador of Singularity University.
Paul worked for more than 12 years for JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs and worked in New York, London and Hong Kong. His passion to explore the planet led him into adventures and expeditions around the globe. In 2013 he claimed the top of Mt Everest, successfully completing his quest for the highest mountain on every continent, the seven summits.
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