My Story

I feel incredibly privileged to be returning to Malawi again, combining my passion for cycling and my career in housebuilding to help build new homes for some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

This time being joined by my son Glenn, who also works for Robertson Homes, the visit is part of charity Habitat for Humanity’s work to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness by giving hope to some of the world’s poorest people. The homes we will be building offer safety and security to some of the country's, indeed the world's most vulnerable people. It can be an extremely dangerous place for people, especially women, in their current situation and the properties we will build are obviously watertight, have locks and are a safe place for these people, where floods and typhoons are also prevalent.

I have been lucky enough to visit Malawi on two previous occasions, both of which were wonderful experiences and showed me the difference we can make by just doing what we do every day, giving families a safe and secure place to call home.

To help finance the trip, I have signed up to compete in the Vuelta Al Teide ultra cycling race in Tenerife in May this year. The 175km race around Mount Teide, the 3^rd highest Volcano in the world includes more than 4,400 metres of elevation gain, equivalent to more than half the height of Everest in a day.

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