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Running the Sahara 2010. Want to run miles when you hear the word charity?
Want to run miles when you hear the word charity? Great! Sandblast wants you to do just that, in the desert, for refugees.
Join us for the trip of a life-time: run the Sahara Marathon, experience the legendary desert hospitality of the Saharawi people in exile, learn their story and culture and help raise £50,000 for Sandblast to give them a voice through the arts.
You can join a 5km 10km, half or full marathon. But the trip is not simply about
running. For a week you will be hosted by a Saharawi refugee family, where you will have the chance to learn their story and experience the legendary hospitality of a forgotten desert people in exile.
When: Feb 2010
Where: The Saharawi Refugee camps near Tindouf in SW Algeria
For more info email runningthesahara@hotmail.com or check our website www.sandblast-arts.org and go to events.
Sandblast is a London-based charity working to give the Saharawi people a voice through the arts. Close to 200.000 Saharaqis are refugees in the harsh Algerian desert. They fled their homeland of Western Sahara when it was invaded by Morroco in 1975.
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