Why We Ride?

Just got this message from Beautiful Gate and it is the perfect example of why we're riding.

"Hi Guys! Here at Beautful Gate in Crossroads we have the sweetest little guy! His name is now Ayabonga (we gave it to him cos it means "Thankful". He was delivered to Beautiful Gate by the local social worker about a week and a bit ago. Police had found him lying in a drain on the side of the road, outside Cape Town, where he had been abandoned by his mother. To make matters worse - he is one of three newborns we know of to be abandoned in the city during the past week and according to Child Welfare, one of 500 to experience the same fate this year. Why? Is the first question to go running through your head! Difficult to say. Unless the police can find his mom of course. But experience does tells us that teen pregnancy along with poverty, HIV, lack of food security and alcohol abuse, all contribute to child abandonment. It's a stark reminder that helping children without finding ways to help their parents is a losing battle. Anyway, fortunately he is doing well here but unfortunately became sick this week and is now in hospital. So whenever you guys get tired - just remmeber that you're riding to save little guys like Ayanbonga! Lots of love from Cape Town"