Pedalling for Papua

Jeremy at Roger’s Pass in British Columbia, Canada at the start of the trip.

Jeremy from Canada is on the Australian leg of his journey raising awareness of the situation in West Papua.

7 countries. 6 months. 12,000 kilometers.

For information on when the tour is coming to your community in Australia see below:

Stories allow us to know each other. They build empathy by simultaneously teaching and engaging. They lay the foundation for action.

Pedalling for Papua is Canada’s contribution to the global effort to broadcast the story of West Papua. After 50 years of human rights and environmental abuses hidden behind a media blackout, West Papua is being slowly and relentlessly exposed to the world. A long oppressed indigenous population committed to non-violent reform and a growing base of international allies committed to a partnership for peace fuel this movement.

West Papua is home to Asia’s largest jungle, the world’s greatest underwater biodiversity, and some of our planet’s oldest cultures. It is a rare and threatened treasure which Pedalling for Papua is dedicated to uncovering for the world to see. We ask that you join us in telling this great story.

About Jeremy

Jeremy Bally was born and raised on the West Coast of Canada. A cyclist and musician, he first heard about West Papua through a concerned friend who’d just stumbled upon the story herself. Over two years of engaging more deeply with the issue, the vision for Pedalling for Papua began to take shape, and in 2011 he flew to Indonesia to see first hand what the situation on the ground. Inspired by a new language and a journal full of sobering accounts from interviews conducted over a 5 week period, he arrived back home and began preparations for the first campaign.

Jeremy transformed his experience in West Papua into a multimedia presentation, and cycled it 7500 kilometres across Canada, educating thousands of Canadians about the human rights, environmental and political situation there. Enthralled by the experience and bound to the cause, he has decided to put the lessons of the first tour to good use by…how else? Doing another one! Just bigger. And more effective.

When not cycling, Jeremy plays his ukulele while walking through the forest, occasionally stopping to climb a tree.

The places with the dates in white are where I’m available for an evening show. The places with dates in black I’m available for stuff during the middle days I’m there (not first or last day).

Jeremy Bally (Pedalling for Papua)
Contact Jeremy Bally
Mob. 047 4218740.
www.pedallingforpapua.com
Facebook.com/pedallingforpapua
Twitter: @pedalforpapua
email. paynebally@me.com
via Jo Collins and Anne Noonan, Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)