Ranchi, Jharkhand 18 March 2015 :: Three French Bikers started their world tour on bikes from Ranchi. The bikers Gregoire Catry, Thibaut Lepoutre and Gregoire Lfbvre, were very excited about this journey on bikes. Their tour was flagged off from Albert Ekka Chowk, Ranchi by a senior Lion member Ln Arun Khemka. Other members who were present on this occaision were Ln Dr Suranjan Sarkar, Ln Diwakar Rajgharia, Ln Rajiw lochan, Ln Anupama lochan, Ln Ratan Agrawal, Ln Rajesh Gupta Pawan. When asked why they choose Ranchi to start their journey – they said- They observed that a core member of Lions Club Social media expert Ln Dr Suranjan Sarkar is located in Ranchi, so if they start their journey from Ranchi they will get maximium attention of Lions Club International – from where their world tour is being partly funded. Their purpose of this journey includes a project called globaldrawing 2015. This projects aims to unite children of our world. They have brought many hand drawn paintings by children from France. They shall gift these paintings to children in India and take the drawings of India and subsequently gift them to children of Myanmar. and so on. On first leg of their journey they will go to Jamui in Bihar, to see a Lions Club’s Children Center there, This
children centres fundings mostly comes from a french NGO namely Enfants du Mekong for their project- un enfant par la main or “Sponsor a child”. From Jamui they shall go to Kolkata by train and from kolkata they will go to Rangoon ( Myanmar). They will also travel to Vietnam, Cambodia, Brazil, Egypt, Australia and many other countries. They shall utilise Lions Clubs network located worldwide for their nightstay and also for food. They said they do not have enough budget for stay in Hotels. They will stay on roadside if it is necessary.
