Beyond Our Borders

Beyond Our Borders OUR VISION: We exist to facilitate participation in a story bigger than ourselves by leveraging our passions in life to impact the needs of the world.

BOB'S STORY:
In 2011, as Bob was nearing the half century mark in his life, a friend planted the seed thought of running an ultramarathon (an event longer than the traditional 26.2 mile marathon). Specifically, Comrades Marathon in South Africa. What began as a seed germinated over the next couple years and in October of 2013 he decided to commit to run Comrades in May 2015. His desire was not mer

ely to check another goal off the “bucket list”, but to use this opportunity to make a difference. To leverage this adventure for something greater and more significant than just a long race. He began dreaming about more than simply running a distance, but accomplishing a task beyond anything he had ever attempted before. With that, the nonprofit corporation Beyond Our Borders was created. In the year leading up to the race, Bob will be training as well as raising support for each of the 56 miles that he will cover on May 31, 2015. His goal is to raise $2,000 per mile, totaling $112,000. THE KHAYELITSHA PROJECT:
Imagine growing up in a city where half of the 2.4 million residents are under the age of 19. Living in shacks, children raising siblings because their parents died from AIDS. Nearly three in four people are unemployed and poverty, crime, drugs and gangs are rampant. That city is Khayelitsha in Western Cape, South Africa. With the funds raised, we will be partnering with Cape Missions International to construct a community center in the heart of Khayelitsha. This center will house a church, clinic, pre-school and feeding center. Oversight of the center will be under the leadership of Pastor Victor Valayshia and his team. Their dream is to have 400 students in the school by the end of 2015. We will also be collaborating with Celebrate Life South Africa to fund the Teach One to Lead One (T1L1) leadership development program. This proven program is aimed at raising up the next generation of leaders to reverse the downward spiral of poverty and injustice. OUR SPONSORS: Woods Coffee is generously covering all business expenses. Because of Woods, B.O.B. is able to give 100% of your donations to the Khayelitsha Project.

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In 2011, as Bob was nearing the half century mark in his life, a friend planted the seed thought of running an ultramarathon (an event longer than the traditional 26.2 mile marathon). Specifically, Comrades Marathon in South Africa. What began as a seed germinated over the next couple years and in October of 2013 he decided to commit to run Comrades in May 2015. His desire was not merely to check another goal off the “bucket list”, but to use this opportunity to make a difference. To leverage this adventure for something greater and more significant than just a long race. He began dreaming about more than simply running a distance, but accomplishing a task beyond anything he had ever attempted before. With that, the nonprofit corporation Beyond Our Borders was created. THE KHAYELITSHA PROJECT: Imagine growing up in a city where half of the 2.4 million residents are under the age of 19. Living in shacks, children raising siblings because their parents died from AIDS. Nearly three in four people are unemployed and poverty, crime, drugs and gangs are rampant. That city is Khayelitsha in Western Cape, South Africa.

In the year leading up to the 2015 Comrades Marathon, Bob trained and raised support for each of the 56 miles that he would cover on May 31, 2015. The initial goal was to raise $2,000 per mile, totaling $112,000. The actual amount raised ending up exceeding that goal, totaling over $130,000.

With these funds raised, we have been partnering with Cape Missions International to construct a Community Center in the heart of Khayelitsha. This center houses a church, clinic, pre-school and feeding center. Oversight of the center is under the leadership of Pastor Victor Valayshia and his team at Docks Mission Church.

In addition to the material project of the Community Center, we are collaborating with Celebrate Life South Africa to fund the Teach One to Lead One (T1L1) leadership development program. This proven program is aimed at raising up the next generation of leaders to reverse the downward spiral of poverty and injustice. To date, T1L1 has trained and certified mentors who are equipped and empowered to reach the at-risk youth for generations to come. They have engaged school administrators, educators and faith community leaders and have created an awareness of the need for the community to come together to be a solution center thru T1L1 for the challenges they face. T1L1 have also been translating their curriculum into Xhosa and Afrikan languages.