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Riders Bike Across Missouri for African Aid Group COLUMBIA, MO (KBIA) - Bicycle riders from around the mid-west are arriving in Jefferson City this afternoon continuing their seven-day, 650-mile journey across Missouri. The riders are raising money for Waters of Hope, which helps fund clean drinking water projects in Sudan and Swaziland.

Joe Chambers, the Episcopal campus minister in Columbia and this year's director of the ride, says the project is working to carry out a mission set forth by the United Nations and adopted by the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri.

"What we're doing is we're giving someone a well, basically, essentially, wells. And that's, that's saving lives."

Nearly 25 riders are participating in the trek across the state. They're due to arrive at the finish line this Sunday in St. Louis.
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