Prochorus

Prochorus

(prŏk`ərəs), in the New Testament, one of the seven deacons. According to tradition he became bishop of Nicomedia.
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A member of the charity he was working for at the time, Prochorus Community Development, had told him that the Cape Epic organisers were looking for a "development rider" or member of an "historically disadvantaged community" to participate.
A few months earlier he had undertaken a 49-day, 5,000km fund- and awareness-raising bike ride with 14 other Prochorus cyclists.
"I worked for eight years at Prochorus, which does a lot of good work like collect food and work with people with HIV and Aids," says Fipaza.
Songo Fipaza and Cape Epic: South Africa's Township Youth Riding on One Man's Hope
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