KHUSHII CYCLATHON

About Khushii

• Khushii is national level voluntary organisation headed by legendary cricketer Kapil Dev. The organisation was started in December 2003.
• The organisation adopts a holistic approach towards empowerment and carries out intervention activities in the fields of health, education, livelihood training, micro credit, calamity rehabilitation and awareness generation.
• Over the last 5 years, Khushii has expanded its activities to the point where it touches the lives of 10,000 people each day.

Why Khushii wants to do this Cyclathon?

• Health is one of the major initiatives in Khushii’s activities.
• Khushii would like to promote the cause of health among the people. Khushii has planned a Cyclathon to create awareness and raise funds for the initiative
• It is targeted primarily at the corporates and the business houses.
• The event is planned in Bangalore around last week of November 2009.

The Concept

• The event will start at one of the prominent places like some stadium and end at a similar place.
• The main target audiences for participation are the corporate houses and their employees.
• The cyclathon will be 20 Kms. Long.
• In total 50 corporate teams will be participating from the city.
• Each team will have five participants.
• Race will be in relay form and first participant will hand over the cycle to the next team member and hence finish the race.

Why corporate will be interested?

• Winning team will get a lot of prizes including some cash prizes.
• Competition among the corporates will put a lot of energy in the event.
• Team building exercise for the corporate.
• A fun filled  day for the team and their familes.

The event will end with a dinner for the participating team and who’s who of Bangalore.