Ryan kayaked around Curacao in 2007 to put nature and its protection on everyone’s radar.
Now its your turn to help him and let nature remain on the radar. The Clear Water Challenge 2008 is one way to do that.
Together with Amigu di Tera and Jeugd Sport Centrale, Carmabi will organize challenges for kids and adults in the months of October and November.

Kids Clear Water Challenge
Jeugd Sport Centrale, well known for its annual “vijfkamp” for schools, exists 35 years this year. It starts its celebrations on October 25th with a personal challenge for nature for almost 3000 kids in the Christoffelpark. Together with a large number of volunteers and of course Ryan de Jongh himself, they will hike the northern route in the park to give nature a voice and show everyone how important conservation is.
Amigu di Tera’s “A”-(Antartica) Team will be joining the group of children and by doing so, make the voice a stronger one. The north side of the park will be closed for the entire day, which means that on October 25th the north side of the park will be closed for the general public.
Stay tuned for more information about this powerful happening.

Clear Water Challenge 2008
Several important things resulted from last year’s Challenge: it influenced the installment of the Green Team with Ryan de Jongh as godfather by commissioner Eugene Ruggenaath, preparations for the Marine Protection Ordinance (which at this moment has not been installed), and several other nature protection rules and guidelines. It is important to keep nature and the need for its protection on the radar of everyone. Something Ryan wants more than anything is to make sure that natural areas stay protected and that the coastline remains accessible to the public. The Christoffelpark is one of his favorite locations on the island and he is often seen there while climbing the mountain several times as part of his training.
In addition, 2008 is a year of many celebrations: the Christoffelpark exists 30-years, the Curacao Marine Park exists 25 years and it’s the international year of the reef.
Amigu di Tera, a non-profit organization having basically the same goals that Ryan has, joined the Challenge and together we decided to organize a social event on November 2nd in which Ryan makes another statement for nature. And everyone can join!

100 km Challenge
On November 2nd at 03.00 AM in the morning, Ryan de Jongh and Leon Pors will start kayaking from the Marine Park Visitor Center at Carmabi Piscadera and
will paddle to Playa Piskado at Westpoint (40 km). From here Ryan will continue his Challenge on a mountain bike and bike from Playa Piskadó to the main entrance of the Christoffelpark.
This bike ride will take him past Shete Boka, Boka Grandi and the northern car route in the Christoffelpark (20 km). At the main entrance he will leave his bike and hike all routes in the southern part of the park, including the green route, the orchid- and Zevenbergen trail and last but not least: climbing the mountain to collect a flag to celebrate the completion of the challenge (all hiking routes: 40 km).
Everyone is invited to make this challenge a personal one and give nature a voice. Bike with us, hike certain parts, or the entire hike with Ryan and give us a hand
keeping nature on the agenda!

How to participate?
Everyone interested in participating can join us. Come and fill in your form on wednesday the 15th of October at Carmabi Picadera from 12.00- 18.00 pm or come to our Challenge booth at the FATUM building from the 20th-24th of October 18.00-21.00 pm. You can decide to participate in one part of the Challenge (f.i. biking only or hiking only) or participate in multiple parts in consecutive order.  

Let’s show Curacao that we care, stand up and give nature a Voice!

Challenge goals
The most important goal for Amigu di Tera and Carmabi is for nature and its protection to stay on everyone’s mind, including our politicians who are responsible for the drafting of essential laws and other protective measures. By showing them that we care about this issue, we can give nature a voice in matters that are often forgotten or set aside as not important.
We are not specifically aiming for a monetary goal with this Challenge. All revenues from inscriptions and additional sponsoring will go to educational projects focusing on the sea.
But if you feel the need to assist us financially, do not hesitate to contact us!