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Hi Everyone,
I just would like to bring to your attention a fundraiser that I am managing to help Tanya Muzinda come to the Mini O's.
Tanya is a very talented your racer from Zimbabwe. I discovered her 3 years ago went I was invited to go to Zimbabwe and mentor this little girl.
She is the poster child of motocross in my opinion, since she has been inspiring kids from unprivileged background to follow their dreams and keep fighting in life. Tanya comes from rural Africa and when I met her I saw something special in her. The fact that she is using motocross as the tool to spread her message world wide is just simply amazing.
6 months ago we decided to play with the idea of having Tanya come to the US and race the Mini O's. First thing was to secure her a visa for traveling. We received information that an appointment was granted for October 4th. Thanks to MXSport and Wyn from Unlimited Sport the documents we were able to provide to the US Embassy in Zimbabwe were accepted, so a few days ago Tanya received the visa.
Now everything is in motion. Alpinestars and Airoh provided product support, I'm working in securing her a 85cc big wheels, and Colleen at MTF is providing 2 weeks of training before the race.
We need help to gather the fund to cover the hard costs, such has, flights from Africa to Florida, Hotel room for the week at the Mini O's and money to buy food for Tanya and her mom and dad.
I've been personally sending money to the family in Africa, but because the corruption there, more often than not funds do not reach Tanya's family. We decided then to manage the expense account for the Mini O's directly from here.
If you want to participate in helping a child achieve an unthinkable dream, please contribute on the fundraiser and share:
https://www.facebook.com/donate/751684825183723/
If you want to learn more about Tanya, visit www.TanyaMuzinda.com
Thanks Moto Family!!!
Stefy Bau
I just would like to bring to your attention a fundraiser that I am managing to help Tanya Muzinda come to the Mini O's.
Tanya is a very talented your racer from Zimbabwe. I discovered her 3 years ago went I was invited to go to Zimbabwe and mentor this little girl.
She is the poster child of motocross in my opinion, since she has been inspiring kids from unprivileged background to follow their dreams and keep fighting in life. Tanya comes from rural Africa and when I met her I saw something special in her. The fact that she is using motocross as the tool to spread her message world wide is just simply amazing.
6 months ago we decided to play with the idea of having Tanya come to the US and race the Mini O's. First thing was to secure her a visa for traveling. We received information that an appointment was granted for October 4th. Thanks to MXSport and Wyn from Unlimited Sport the documents we were able to provide to the US Embassy in Zimbabwe were accepted, so a few days ago Tanya received the visa.
Now everything is in motion. Alpinestars and Airoh provided product support, I'm working in securing her a 85cc big wheels, and Colleen at MTF is providing 2 weeks of training before the race.
We need help to gather the fund to cover the hard costs, such has, flights from Africa to Florida, Hotel room for the week at the Mini O's and money to buy food for Tanya and her mom and dad.
I've been personally sending money to the family in Africa, but because the corruption there, more often than not funds do not reach Tanya's family. We decided then to manage the expense account for the Mini O's directly from here.
If you want to participate in helping a child achieve an unthinkable dream, please contribute on the fundraiser and share:
https://www.facebook.com/donate/751684825183723/
If you want to learn more about Tanya, visit www.TanyaMuzinda.com
Thanks Moto Family!!!
Stefy Bau
To the OP, you may have a bit more luck if you change your title up a bit. Right now, and no offense, the thread title looks like the spam we get on here from time-to-time. Possibly a simple change like “Fundraiser for Tanya Muzinda to compete in Mini-O’s” would get more clicks. Hope that helps!
The Shop
Please share!
Thanks,
Stefy
James is a bit hard to get the hold off... If you know a way please PM me!
I have also tried with Travis Pastrana's entourage (he has 2 little girls) and MC. But I didn't get the chance to speak with either of them directly so maybe the message got lost and never reached them.
Best of luck to her.
Thanks!
Stefy
I will keep everyone posted once she arrives here :-)
Just wanting to let you know that we are up to $2200 on the fundraiser. With this I was able to off set some of the costs for the ticket flight.
We now need more funding to cover the costs of lodging and food for the month that she is here in the US.
Please continue to share this post!
Any help is appreciated! Tanya is super excited about the opportunity and thanks everyone of you for the help!
#Motofamily
Pit Row
Here's an article about her/family and this year's event.
https://www.herald.co.zw/tanya-finds-the-going-tough-at-thor-winter-oly…
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