Local woman Katherine Roth will cycle 350 kilometres across Cambodia in March to raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
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The 25-year old has been raising funds to fight breast cancer for the past three years by hosting Pink Ribbon events.
This year, she decided to take her fundraising further, not only by taking it to Cambodia, but also by setting herself a $4000 goal.
“It’s the biggest challenge of my whole life, but it’s nothing compared to what these women go through, and their families,” she said.
Miss Roth said one in eight women would be diagnosed with breast cancer, and as she knew well over eight women, she wanted to contribute what she could to the battle.
The ride will travel from Phnom Penh through Cambodia’s countryside, cities and villages, covering between 56 and 80 kilometres a day for six days.
Miss Roth has been training for the last few months, having not ridden a bike since childhood.
She has changed her eating and started riding each day before work.
Her training will culminate in a ride up Mount Kosciuszko on Australia Day, 2015.
“Hopefully I survive, and if I survive, it’s looking good,” she said.
So far, Miss Roth has raised just over $850, and her fundraising will continue this weekend with a garage sale starting at 9am on Saturday, September 27.
Friends and family have been donating items including beds, glasses and a unicycle, and Miss Roth will begin selling tickets for a raffle that will run until close to Christmas.
There will also be a barbecue, cake stall and lolly guessing competition.
Future fundraising plans include a stall at a local market and a girls night out with a speaker on breast cancer.
Since 1994, the National Breast Cancer Foundation has put more than $105 million towards over 374 Australian-based breast cancer research projects, ranging from understanding the fundamentals of the disease to improving the quality of life for those with breast cancer and their families.
The organisation’s goal is to end deaths from breast cancer by 2030.