Kenya: Champions Team 38 Bundu Fundi All Set for Rhino Charge

Nairobi Star (Nairobi)

James Murua

13 April 2011

The Rhino Charge is probably the most famous Kenyan outdoor event where competitors have to compete in a gruelling cross-country course in 4×4 vehicles. All funds raised from the event which started in 1989 are donated to the Rhino Ark and aimed at conserving the Aberdare ecosystem. To participate in the event, one needs to have raised at least Sh500,000.

On Sunday evening, the Seven Sea Food and Grill at ABC Place in Nairobi hosted a get-together to raise funds for Team 58 Bundu Fundi comprising Kiran Jethwa, Cookie Avery, Patrick Avery, Sean Avery, Paul Bizarrass and Ginger Brainch. The most well known from this team has to be Kiran, formerly a presenter with East FM and a top ten candidate in the best job in the world campaign that ran last year. This job involved being a caretaker to “house-sit” the islands of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia for half a year.

The fundraiser managed to raise at least Sh500,000 and this means that Team 38 Bundu Fundis which is now entering its 20th year in the charge will be defending the title ‘king of the charge’ that they won last year. This year’s charge takes place on June 3.

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