Garmin International films a documentary of the Tour d'Uganda

Garmin International filmed a documentary of the 10 day Tour d'Uganda, which was hosted by The Global Orphan Project. The Tour ended on January 17, 2012 with a sense of accomplishment for the 14 riders who participated. Concluding festivities included: Worship at the Cathedral, a two mile mountain climb, a picnic with local residents, and a GO Project bead ceremony, which featured “words of affirmation, gratitude, and love spoken between fathers and sons, brothers, and friends.”

“Witnessing Uganda’s mountains, lakes, and wildlife from the seat of a bicycle was stunning. However, the most memorable and meaningful aspect of the Tour d’Uganda was personally interacting with people in the community, the local church, and of course, children living in GO Project partner villages. Hoping to be a blessing, once again, our team came home blessed by the love, support, and leadership of our friends in Uganda, as well as a bigger view of God and all He is doing to care for His children around the world,” said Trace Thurlby, President, The Global Orphan Project.

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Photograph of Tour d'Uganda team members was taken by Scott Bosworth with Garmin International ( Left to Right): Dave Heuermann (AZ), Jake Dunn (CO), Scott Kice (Uganda), Paul Dennison (TX), Andrew Halton (TX), Mark Dunn (CO), Peter Helmuth (CO), Mike Helmuth (MO), George Heinlein (MO), Keith Eymann (MO), Jeff Poe (KS), Tarah Mech-Gilbert (MO), Jill Rosbrugh (MO), Joe Fox (MO), Hilary Boruganda (Uganda), Calvin Dennison (TX), Rob Boyer (KS). Sitting: Beth and Mike Fox.

Garmin's documentary

In addition to sponsoring this year's Tour, Garmin International sponsored the the debut Tour d'Haiti in 2011. Garmin generously provided both Tour participants with Garmin equipment. In order to document “major ministry themes” Garmin sent their marketing team to film the Tours. The film crew put “emphasis on stories of leadership and transformation, both here and there.”

Click in the left column to view Garmin's 2011 documentary of the Tour d'Haiti.

“Garmin is honored to play a small role in helping people see and experience the wonderful work of The Global Orphan Project. We use the lens of a camera to reach the hearts of people who would otherwise never see the life-changing work of an organization that timelessly serves orphan children around the world,” said Jon Cassat, Vice President, Communications Garmin International, Inc.

Garmin International's sponsorship of Tour d'Uganda was solely motivated by a desire to support the mission of The Global Orphan Project. Garmin leads the way as an example of how successful corporations may choose to have as much of an influence in engineering a better world through compassionate service as they do with technology.

The Tour d'Uganda documentary will be educational as well as emotionally compelling. The Global Orphan Project will be able to utilize this film of the cycling adventure and its impact on orphan care to provide a vividly accurate presentation to sponsors, interested individuals or families, churches, organizations, and corporations who otherwise would not have the opportunity to “see” the reality of the GO Project revolution and how it is changing the world.

“We are grateful for their partnership and their example as an organization that cares about far more than the bottom line. Their support of GO Project and children who need care serves as a model that hopefully will resonate with other world-class corporations,” said Trace Thurlby, President, The Global Orphan Project.

About The Global Orphan Project

The Global Orphan Project (GO Project, for short) is a 501(c)(3) global orphan care ministry headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. GO Project mobilizes local churches in some of the poorest areas on earth to care for orphaned and vulnerable children in their communities…children of last resort with no viable means of care. GO Project, which currently facilitates care for orphaned and abandoned children in 15 countries, started GO Threads to help support the children in GO Project homes and the surrounding communities, as well to create jobs and generate economic activity in these poverty-ridden areas. - The Global Orphan Project

The operation expenses of The Global Orphan Project are funded by private contributors thereby allowing for 100% of all donations to go directly to the care of orphans.

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