Partner | Cycling 4 Wildlife
Currently Raised € 77.085

What is the purpose and mission behind Cycling 4 Wildlife?
Inspired by our own wildlife experiences in Africa, we believe that protecting biodiversity is the greatest and most important challenge of our generation. With Cycling 4 Wildlife, our goal is to contribute to biodiversity protection in two ways: first, by raising €100,000 for African Parks, a conservation NGO that successfully manages 22 wildlife parks across Africa.
And second, by raising awareness about the importance of nature conservation among our own generation in the Netherlands. In practice, this means we’ll be cycling past eight of the 22 parks managed by the African Parks Network.
Here, we are meeting the men and women who dedicate their lives to the protection of Africa’s wildlife. Using film and writing as our media, our aim is to share their stories with as wide an audience as possible.

Meet the Team
On the 14th of June 2023, the group of four have set off on a cycling adventure that takes them from the mountains of Rwanda down to the great wetlands of Liuwa Plain, Zambia, fulfilling their mission!
Get to know the team below.

What do you hope to achieve as the ultimate goal of this project?
Our ultimate goal is for Cycling 4 Wildlife to have a long-term impact. This means we want our project to be the first in a long series of extreme cycling challenges aimed at raising funding and awareness for wildlife conservation across the globe.
The goal we set ourselves is to raise €100.000 for African Parks. Currently we raised € 77.085. Become part of it!

Why is Cortazu a suitable match for your cycling challenge and the cause you’re advocating for?
We love Cortazu not just because of their high-quality garments, but also for the way they do business. Cortazu clearly cares about people and the natural environments that its products are used in. The company’s B Corp Certification and its partnership with Justdiggit underscore this.
Could you share you thoughts on the products provided by Cortazu? How have they been serving you during your journey so far?
Cortazu provided each of us with a fleece, a hard-shell jacket and a light-weight camping chair. As we started our journey just a few degrees south of the Equator, we initially didn’t use our fleeces and jackets much. But as we are venturing further south and the mornings are getting chillier, the fleeces have become lifesavers.
Since we are cycling in the dry season, we might not be needing our hard-shells much, but it is better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them!
Besides, they look good, so we often wear them on top of our fleeces. When it comes to the camping chair, they are definitely proving their worth. In fact, I’m writing this text as I’m sitting comfortably in mine by a small fire, enjoying the sounds of the Zambian bush.
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