Giving women wings to fly....

We know education changes everything. A girl in Sierra Leone is more likely to be married before the age of 18 than she is to finish high school - and only 16% of girls ever complete high school. We have the unique opportunity of helping raise money through doing the very thing we love most - paragliding - to help provide access to education through One Girl, a Charity who deliver scholarships, and the provision of education programs in water, health, sanitation and hygiene, as well as business and life skills. They also provide formal training for unqualified, volunteer teachers in Sierra Leone.
This competition State Of Origin is founded on the values of mentorship and education. Pairing beginner and intermediate pilots with an advanced pilot and mentor, we too are on our path to education as we undertake this journey. Our safety and skill as pilots is dependent on our ability to continually refine our craft both now and over years to come - our ability to negotiate meteorology, aerodynamics, thermal dynamics, flying tactics and launching and landing skill, whilst negotiating significant flying traffic (with up to 200 pilots in the air), will be an enormous test of our skill and courage.
We're Doing It In A Dress because...
... 130 million girls around the world are out of school. Educating girls not only changes the lives of those girls, but also their families, communities and countries. Not only that, but getting more girls in school will have a positive impact on climate change! A win-win-win.
We're putting on a school dress to raise awareness and raise funds for girls' education. Because when we put on a dress, we'll be helping girls in Sierra Leone and Uganda put on a school dress and take charge of their futures.
Help us change the world through girls' education! Giving women wings to fly!
Thank you to our Sponsors

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Jim

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Fly Dubbo

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Anonymous
Great cause my friend, wishing you the best winds

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Hangglideoz
Fly fly and safe, my friends !

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Tim Marshall
So happy to help such a wonderful cause.. Go girls!

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Phil Pakes
Go the Freedom Farters! As if Rohan needed a reason to wear a dress!!! 💃

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Rohan Taylor

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Eden Whetham

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Greg

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Zoe Taylor
Fantastic effort and for such an important cause. Hi Nat and team!

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Zoe Taylor
Great thing to do Rohan. Men sharing the cause and being supportive is so important. Well done!

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Megan Joyce
Great work for a great cause- go well!

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Alan Bond
Keep up the good work team

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Ken Hutt
So good of you guys to help. Feel proud

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Don Cramer

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Susan Furber
Wonderful!

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Wilma Taylor

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Doug Hazell
Good on you. Have a great time doing good stuff.

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Natalia Huber

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Brian Clarke

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Karen Waller

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Sammie Carter
You’re an Awesome Winner An Inspiration 😊

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Kate Mitchell

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Victoria Anderson
Great cause - good luck with the fundraising and the flying xx 😺

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Sara Williams
All the best for great flying & this great cause.

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Steve Gibbeson
Well done Karen. You're an inspiration.

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Katie Fobbe

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Julian Belmonte
GO Girls!!

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Tara Lawson
Great cause, go girls!!

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Shin Nan Tan

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Anthea Gostt

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Mike Mander

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Anonymous

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Chelsea Cappetta
You’re wonderful x

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Ivan Pui Wai Mak
Go Kate!

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Julian Walker

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Julie Hounslow
Fantastic initiative! What a great cause.

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Nellie Hall
Go Karen!

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Julie Parkinson
Excellent Karen! Can't wait to see the photos.

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Tania Starr
How great to do something you love as well as raise funds for a great cause ... good for you Karen. Cheers, TANIA :)

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Julie Waller

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Thomas Khurana

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Lisa Franco
Great stuff!

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Rick Martin

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Great initiative team!