He's a Quebec man, cycling across Canada in support of widows in India and Asia.
Rene Holtken passed through Moose Jaw this weekend and you may see him heading east on the Trans Canada highway.
Rene is working with Gospel For Asia to raise money for widows, who don't have the same type of support they would experience in North America.
"The simple fact that I was raised just by my mother, it touched me to think of these women in India," Holtken said as he explained why he took up this cause. "They don't have any social net like my mother. (My mother) had a trade, she had a job, but these people in India do not have that security."
Holtken says there's also a damaging stigma attached to the widows in India.
"Socially speaking, they are considered to be the ones responsible for the deaths of their husbands," Rene said.
Holtken is on his way to Halifax and hopes to raise $25,000 by the time his journey is over at the end of August. He's raised close to $3000 so far. You can find out more about his journey here.
