TD Waterhouse investment advisors Matthew Phillips (left) and Tristan Sawtell will be taking part in Mumbai Xpress, a two-week, 1,900-kilometer race across India in rickshaws to raise funds for Round Table India.
Sawtell, 28, is an investment advisor with TD Waterhouse, and he will be competing in Mumbai Xpress – a two-week, 1,900-kilometer race across India – to raise money for charity. Sawtell hopes to raise $10,000 for Round Table India, a charity dedicated to helping children and teens in India receive better education and find better employment opportunities.
“This is what I’m doing with my summer vacation and I doubt that it will be in any way relaxing,” said Sawtell. “I think it is going to be incredibly intense and arduous, but that is all a part of the spirit of the race and it should be an incredible experience and hopefully very rewarding.”
For the children and youth that Round Table India supports, the practical necessities required for education are a rare commodity. During the trip Sawtell and Phillips will be stopping in the various areas where Round Table India is working and will hand out their donated pens, writing pads and T-shirts.
The race will begin in Mumbai and participants will travel 1,000 km south before the course veers east for an additional 900 km. The race will end in the city of Chennai, on India’s eastern seaboard.
Via: North Shore News
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