Cooper Tire is supporting a charity expedition, which is travelling across the world to highlight the plight of children living in poverty.
Dubbed the “Rambling Rat”, Tim Dennis has travelled all the way across Europe, Asia and North America in a Toyota Land Cruiser equipped with Cooper’s rugged Discoverer STT tyres, which have successfully taken him some 44,000 miles across the harshest terrains on Earth.
As well as testing Tim’s endurance, plus that of his Land Cruiser and its tyres, the aim of the ongoing expedition is to provide education and awareness for the Street Kids International charity.
On his travels through developed countries such as Japan, Tim teaches children the importance of basic needs such as food, water and shelter, and the fact that many children elsewhere don’t have access to these simple things. In undeveloped countries, he visits the Street Kids International projects, to raise awareness of the charity’s positive work.
“This is an ongoing sustainable project, not just some quick little trip around the world,” says Tim, who sold his house and business for the expedition. “At Street Kids, we believe that every young person is an opportunity, it’s just the local resources that they’re lacking. In Europe and America the problems are usually social based, whereas in Africa they’re caused by war and famine or HIV and AIDS, but the problems are similar, and we try to bring attention to that.”
