Last March 1st, Wissam Al Jayyoussi, begun his solo journey across the world on his customized KTM 1190 Adventure R motorbike. Starting off his journey in the city of Dubai, his next stops will take him all over the Middle East, to Asia and then towards the Americas. Embarking on this epic journey in behalf of Goodwill Journey and the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, Wissam’s miles hopes to generate donations towards the sick and injured children of the Palestinian region.
A seasoned traveller, the round the globe trip is the most arduous, if not most challenging of Wissam’s travels. Some of his previous missions saw him climb Mount Pumori, and ride a motorbike across 23 countries and all to raise awareness for those in need . The Pumori journey has helped build a cancer department and school for children with special needs in the Middle East. With this ongoing journey, he aims for the bigger prize; the bigger help.
Wissam speaks of his journey: “The worst thing in life is to fall down and realise that there is no one to offer a helping hand to get you back up. Sometimes you can rise back up on your own; but that isn’t always the case. The sick and injured children of the Middle East have fallen down, and they have no strength to rise up on their own. We need to be that hand; we must be that hand.”
Supporters could follow Wissam through his journey in social media where he will be posting up-to-date information on where he is currently on this marvellous journey. Alongside this, the Goodwill Journey’s official website will also be giving live feeds as well as a map so that people could find out about his next stop in better detail.
His journey begun last March 1st in Dubai afterwards he will be driving towards Oman in what is called an X-axis; where he travels in a horizontal direction. Following this direction, he will be located in Asia before heading south towards Australia and crossing the Pacific Ocean towards the United States. From this leg onwards, he will be shifting direction and head around the globe in the Y-axis or vertical direction. This direction will see him begin in Alaska riding down towards the southernmost point of South America. In the final leg, he will travel to Africa and make his way north towards the European continent returning to Dubai in approximately 21 months since he began the journey.
Waves of support are being raised towards Wissam and his journey for a heroic cause that increases the value and importance of this event. Steve Sosebee, co-founder and CEO of the PCRF comments: “We are extremely proud of Wissam’s bravery and courage in taking on this daunting mission to help children in the region who are in need of support. It isn’t an easy mission to undertake and the fact that he is taking it on is truly remarkable. On behalf of the entire team at the PCRF and every child that his mission would help support, we thank Wissam for his undying passion and commitment towards the cause.”
Palestine has been a location of unrest in the recent times and children as well as families are at risk. This journey intends to help out these children by giving them support via education, access to medicine, and other ways and means by which to alleviate these children from their current situation.
For more information about the mission, or how to support the PCRF and The Goodwill Journey, please visit the website www.pcrf.netand www.goodwilljourney.org.
