As part of the Sisterhood Group Rickshaw Rally 2025, co-founder of Dr. PawPaw Pauline Paterson will join a group of female founders to drive a rickshaw 1,000km across India to raise funds for International Women’s Day.
The money raised will be donated to grassroots charities that support women and girls in India.
The five-day rally, which kicks off in Chennai on 6 March and finishes in Goa on 11 March, will see the women navigate treacherous roads, unpredictable weather and chaotic traffic.
The group has a mission to raise £350,000, which will be used to:
- Build safer classrooms: constructing weatherproof, functional schools to improve education access for girls and for children with disabilities.
- Give skills training for women: providing training in nursing, IT, and trade skills to help women achieve financial independence.
- Offer maternal health support: addressing postpartum anaemia and complications through medical care, nutrition, and vital resources for vulnerable mothers.
To identify the projects that will receive the funds the Sisterhood Group has teamed up with Ladies Circle India and Round Table India. The women will also be visiting these projects in Chennai before the race starts.
The group has already raised over £66,000, and with one more week to go before the rally, they’re now calling on supporters to help them reach their ambitious target of £350,000.
Speaking about the upcoming fundraiser, Paterson said: “The great thing about this rally is that this International Women’s Day we will be actually saving lives and changing lives instead of just talking about it!”
“When I founded Dr. PawPaw, my vision was always to build a brand that gives back.”
She continued: “As we grow, it’s essential that we continue supporting the communities we reach. When the opportunity to support women in India came up, it felt like a natural next step, especially as we’ve just launched into this market.”
Since The Sisterhood Group launched in 2006 with a dragon boat race across the English Channel in August 2007 (gaining a World Record), it has clocked up a huge number of challenges including an Amazon raft race, Marathon de Sables, Bosphorus swim, Costa Rica Coast to Coast race, Kilimanjaro, Venice Vogalonga, The LA to Vegas Speed Project, and an all-women crew at Cowes, all in aid of women and children’s charities.
To date, the Sisterhood has raised over one million pounds to help women and children across the globe.
Here’s how you can sponsor this challenge.
