RHINO
By Rutu Dhanani
Am on a Thursday morning rather than being tucked in my warm bed I was sitting in a Landcruiser staring out the window into the crack of dawn. As I looked on, we were one of the hundreds of cars on Thika highway making their way to Rhino Charge 2019. I was anxious but also looking forward to the adventure that lay ahead of us for the next three days. Just to give you a brief update for some of us who don’t know what Rhino Charge is and the cause behind it. Rhino Charge started in 1989 and is a motorsport competition; it requires high levels of skill in off roading and navigation. The vision behind Rhino charge is to raise funds for Rhino Ark; an organization that has been involved in preserving the forests and wildlife in Kenya. They have been working on building a 400km fence around the
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