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Sandstorms, scorpions, extreme heat and cold, exhaustion and blisters are no deterrents to the determined Team Ramlaya Aaasfa to raise over £7,650 for Barnardo’s.     With your sponsorship our team, consisting of Sacred, Waqar and Howard, will make a storm in the Sahara in April 2012. Our challenge will take us beyond the Jebel Saghro region, a forbidding landscape punctuated by stark peaks, formidable gorges and bright oases. We will hike between 90 to 100 kms through the Sahara Desert to raise vital funds for Barnardo's work with vulnerable children in the U.K. We will be trekking for between 6-8hrs each day and climb the Jebel Lamrakeb. You'll see our team fundraising target above. Your donation can really help us smash this goal.     Your generous gift in action…     Your donation will support the 415 projects Barnardo's runs across the UK and over 100,000 vulnerable children who need your help. Use the links below to find out how Barnardo’s help <a title="Young carer stories" href="http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/turn_around/young_carers_rebecca.htm">young carers</a> , children who have experienced <a title="Turning lives around - Listen to Samuel, Nadine and Aaron" href="http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/turn_around/relationships.htm">sexual exploitation</a>  and <a title="Child poverty stories" href="http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/turn_around/child_poverty_claire.htm">child poverty</a> . You can also find out more about Barnardo’s at <a href="http://www.barnardos.org.uk/">www.barnardos.org.uk</a>.       <div> Click <a href="http://www.barnardos.org.uk/int-saharadeserttrek-itinerary.pdf">here</a> to have a peep at our gruelling itinerary. </div>   <h2 style="margin: auto 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">So please dig deep and donate now – no amount is too big or too small!</h2> <h2 style="margin: auto 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </h2> Thank you from us all in advance,   Sacred, Waqar and Howard