On 11th October 2018, Merlin Hetherington and Alex McMaster, undergraduate students from the University of St. Andrews set off on their epic 8 month, 10,000km journey by tandem bike from Cairo to Cape town. Their mission? To distribute and train health workers in using the Arclight device, a robust, compact solar powered opthalmoscope and otoscope, in a step towards tackling preventable causes blindness and deafness. They are riding unsupported through the remote and challenging environments of the Sahara Desert, Ethiopian Highlands and the plains of the Serengeti.
For more information about their incredible project, visit http://www.arclight-tandemafrica.com/
To donate and support them to provide more Arclight devices and deliver more free training to health care workers, visit their fundraising page.
You can also follow their progress on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
