PARIS. – French Marc Brunet has taken a new sport challenge on behalf of solidarity. He cycles for 5000 km from Valence, France to Yerevan, Armenia in order to raise money for an Armenian school renovation, which was demolished after Spitak quake in 1988, lintervieweb.blogspot.fr reports. 

“We have already allocated €8,000 out of planned €25,000, which is necessary for the renovation of the school in Shirakamut,” Brunet claims.

He has kicked off from Valence on July 21 and plans to arrive in Yerevan on Oct. 1st. He will pass through 10 states, including Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Moldavia, Ukraine, Russia, and Georgia to arrive in Armenia.