2012 is an important year for sport as it will see the Olympic and Paralympic Games being played in London, moreover the UK promise to ‘reach young people all over the world and connect them to the inspirational power of the Games, so they are inspired to choose sport’ is very close to Sport2build’s vision.
From the middle of June, Sport2build will start a Africa-Europe ride by bicycle from Lusaka to London. The ride will be cycled by Matteo Sametti, an experienced sportsman and co-founder of Sport2build on a special custom-made bicycle made in bamboo by an experienced team in Zambia from Zambikes.
Matteo will reach the British capital for the Paralympic Games, a symbolic arrival which aims to highlight the fundamental role of sport in development and social change and to promote inclusion and non-discrimination. The ride will raise funds for the establishment of an innovative school in the chiefdom of her 
Royal Highness Senior Chieftness Nkomesha Mukamambo II in Zambia which will associate lessons in the classrooms with sport, art, dance and manual activities to ensure the holistic development of children. As recognized by the United Nations Inter-Agency Taskforce on Sport for Development and Peace and the very Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki Moon on his visit to Zambia, sport has an essential role in the development of children and youth and it is a fundamental tool for social development.
The school will target, mainly but not exclusively, those children who are left behind by the formal school system: children with special needs and with learning 
difficulties enabling them to develop, learn, and grow in a safe, healthy and secure environment as well as all those children who drop out of school for any social and family circumstances.
The ride, starting from Lusaka, will cross seven African countries (Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt) and some European countries. To know more about the ride, check out the itinerary.
Whoever would like to join Matteo at any point of the ride to cycle one or more stages of the itinerary is welcome. RIDE WITH MATTEO!