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A charity tour for orphan children

Trudy and Dirk Regter from the Netherlands go on a world tour in a 1915 Ford Model T, covering all continents of the world. They are making this trip with the aim of raising money for orphans worldwide.

To date, they have driven 64,000 miles across 31 countries and have raised more than $45,000 spent on children's projects in Colombia and Bolivia. An earlier trip by Dirk in 2007 from Beijing to Paris in the Model T raised more than $140,000, of which 2 children's projects were built in Mongolia. The last part of their world tour,about 10,500 miles, takes them back home to the Netherlands via Asia. If you support the purpose of this journey, you can take ownership of some of these 10,500 miles of this final leg.

Buy your miles and thus contribute to a better future for orphans.

                   
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    Tuesday July 16th

    Posted on 16 July 2013 by DirkJan

    Today is the day of the barbecue at the Model T club in Calgary.

    In the morning Inge, Dirk-jan, Petra and Joris are going to explore Calgary. They buy a new charger for the laptop there. Dirk and Trudy depart from Cayley at 12.15. They arrive at 15.05 where the members of the club are of course very interested in the Model T. They even have the Dutch flag in top.

    welkom

    Model-T

    On the table there is a jar where the guests can put money in for SOS Children’s Villages.

    jar

    The barbecue is lit. It’s not just a barbecue, it’s a

    BBQ

    After dinner we are asked to stand around the Land Rover for a picture. Suddenly everybody is taking their camera. We feel world famous.

    Model-T team

    Dirk puts his Model T on the grass next to all the other Model T’s. The oldest one is from 1909 and looks very good. Not very good to drive in the desert because it has open tappets.

    All cars

    One of the cars is transformed to a fire truck. There is even a sirene on it, you can hear it from far.

    pimped Model-T

    When pictures are taken of all the cars it is time to take a group picture.

    group

    Dirk gives a presentation about the world tour. He immediately gets an applause when he tells they are collection money for SOS Children’s villages.

    presentation

    The Model T club donates $100,-. We are very happy with this of course.

    cheque

    The guests were impressed by the presentation. Together they put $500,- in the jar. Such wonderful people.

    We thank the members of the Model T club for taking care of this great day. Especially the hosts Chris and Rose.

    Chris and Rose

    We leave about 8 p.m. towards Bak’s campground and arrive about 10.30 p.m.

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