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Hands On Argentina Update

Here is a video on Hands On Argentina - a project by IMD MBA 2006 started in 2006. The Video contains an update from the field by Cris, Nicolas and Carolina.

Hands on Argentina has been implemented successfully during the last two years:

• 2 reading centers built and functioning
• the local community very involved and parents being trained to teach on early education
• 280 children and family members participating

Now we are in the decision phase regarding stepping onto the next phase of the program.

Through the night - it has started

Saturday night update

After more than 240 kms with heavy rain in the morning, climbing from 600 to 2000m to the Klausen glacier and 3 flat tire the day team (Mike / Craig / Jie / Lars / Aaron W / Ihab / Eric / Stefanus / Barbara / Cristianne / Satochi / David R / Franck) arrived at Brienze at 18h40 with everybody tired but in good physical condition.

It is more than 2 hours behind schedule but we still have enough buffer to reach Geneva following the initial plan.Very special note for David Robertson who cycled 240kms! When I am 47y old I would love (dream!) to be able to achieve such performance!

The "night riders" (Bernard / Nanang / Raphael / Carolina / Luis / Nicolas B / Omar / Ken / Jodok / Cristianne / Mike / Craig) took over and are expected to arrive in Pully tommorow between 5 and 6.30 AM. They will cycle through the night and handle the cold weather, fatigue and difficult orientation to make our challenge a reality for our project : Hands on Argentina (HOA).

Team 6 (Cristianne / Mike / Craig / Nanang) cycled all the way until Interlaken.Team 7 (Omar / Luis / Carolina / Jodok) are currently making their way to reach Thun. The condition are good and the road is relatively flat (from 300-900m max). We wish them a safe trip until Pully and address a huge BRAVO to all the MBA 2006 athletes!

SK, live from the front for HOA.

Latest pictures - have better weather now

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The weather is now better and the team is climbing uphill. It is crucial to maintain pace to keep the Swiss time - luckily the weather is better. Here are the latest pictures.

The Swiss towns they are passing

Craig updating the latest photos and news while Mike drives.

Barbara and Chris taking break. You certainly need energy to ride long distances - way to go girls.

Stephanus, Satoshi and Ihab after their turn - you can see the sun now... it was not always the same.

The new team starting off.

Another transition point.

Soaked and cold they are still cycling

They cycling team started this morning and is battling extremely bad weather... Here are some pictures. The latest update can be followed at http://handsonargentina.blogspot.com/

At breakfast at 5:30 this morning at Davos

It was still dark when they started out...

at dawn and still at it.... soon they encountered cold and the tremendous rain. The weather is not helping them. A special mention goes to Prof. David Robertson, a part of the team, who will be cycling through the day.

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