member undertaking rally for charity

[Guest guest]

Hello and I hope this email finds you well!

In mid-March I will be embarking with my colleague Caroline on the

adventure of a lifetime. We are participating (generously sponsored

by Total) in the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles, the women's navigational

rally challenge through Morocco. We are also using our

participation in the rally as a way to raise funds for Women for

Women International, a charity whose aims are similar to that of the

rally - empowerment and training of women, but in the case of

WfW, the women they assist are from post-war and conflict zones.

The rally sets off from Paris on the morning of the 14th, and then

we meet with other rally participants to catch the ferry from Sete

to Tangiers. We arrive in Morocco on Monday the 17th of March,

where for 2 weeks we will have our daily challenge of finding the

flag somewhere in the terrain near the Atlas Mountains, on the edge

of the Sahara. With no GPS, just our compasses and navigational

rulers and maps to guide us, we look forward to the challenges

ahead! We should finish in Essaouira on Saturday the 29th of

March...

You will be able to track our daily journey progress by clicking

onto the official rally website and entering our team number - TEAM

147.

www.rallyeaichadesgazelles.com

Or go onto our blog (slowing getting populated!) at

www.gazelles08.blogspot.com - we hope to post daily updates (or at

least regular updates) with what has happened each day of the

rally. We understand this may be technically challenging -

computers in the desert? - but we will try!

For further information about Women for Women International, you can

visit their website at:

www.womenforwomen.org

When donating to WfW, you can target a country and financial amount

for your donations on the website - $45 for example earmarked to the

Democratic Republic of Congo will help to teach a woman to read and

write; $60 for Afghanistan buys 10 health supply kits and training

so that women can provide medical assistance in their families /

communities; $107 buys a knitting machine to help a woman in Rwanda

to earn income for their families... Please let me know if you

would like more details.

You can contribute to our chosen charity at the following link:

https://secure.entango.com/donate/kFgy9aTiESF?wfw=RAG2008

Or you can also find a link to Firstgiving, another website giving

engine, from my Facebook profile page.

And for those of you who would rather give to my usual charity

cause - breast cancer via Breakthrough Breastcancer - please let me

know. I will participate in a 10k as well as the London Triathlon

later in the year, hopefully raising funds for breast cancer

research at that time.

As always, thanks so much for your support! And wish us luck!

Donna