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Event: Rickshaw Run

Location: India & Nepal

Mode of Transport: Rickshaw

Duration: 3 weeks in January 2008

Distance to travel: 2,500 miles from Kochi to Kathmandu

Aim: To support the work of Mercy Corps in India.

Why: With 1/4 of the population of India living below the poverty line, we feel that a sustainable form of income and good health is essential for everyone, and we want to help people in India achieve this.

Mercy Corps, a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, works with local communities and NGOs to develop much needed programmes, as identified by the community. These include water and sanitation awareness to reduce the rate of waterborne disease, and providing youths, who have long been isolated from schools and training opportunities, with vocational training opportunities and engaging them in planning and participation in community projects.

Through our work in conservation, we understand the need to provide long-term sustainable incomes for individuals and communities. And access to clean water should not be a privilege, but a right for all. We feel that Mercy Corps is an extremely worthy cause whose aims are ones that we both feel passionate about.

The challenge will be both mentally and physically tough: travelling huge distances at a slow speed over a wide variety of difficult and unrelenting terrain. But what a great way to get to know India! We are looking forward to meeting people on the way and gaining an insight into the life within rural and urban areas across the entire country.

As an extra incentive, we're holding a prize raffle. For every £15 donated, we'll put a ticket in the hat with your name on it. So, with a £30 donation we'll put in 2, and so on... Up for grabs are:

1) Luxury guided punting tour of Cambridge!

2) Dinner at the ultra-exclusive Argyle Street Bistro. It's all about who you know to get in here...

3) A mounted and framed print of your choice from our trip (and there'll be thousands to choose from)!

4) A secret prize! Yet to be revealed...

Thank you for visiting our fundraising page and for your kind donations. For more information, please visit our website at www.discoveringearth.com .

Best of luck on your trip!!! Donation by Steve Boylan 21/01/08  

£50.00

Good effort - but shouldn't you have run instead...? Donation by Matt W 18/01/08  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Have a great trip Donation by Sam Keam 08/01/08  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Onward triumphant! Donation by Lucian Harriman 31/12/07  

£17.00 + £4.79 Gift Aid

Still paying for my nose so it's not much I'm afraid... Donation by Caroline Baker 28/12/07  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

it was a sponsored dog walk in my day. Go carefully from all at mka ecology Donation by Marcus Kohler 18/12/07  

£30.00

Certifiable, the two of you! Have fun! Donation by RobP 18/12/07  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Donation by MICHAEL EVANS 18/12/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

"Go n-eirí an bóthar leat" couldn't have been written with a better odyssey in mind ;-) Donation by Alan Hendrick 18/12/07  

£45.00 + £12.69 Gift Aid

Good Luck!! I hope you have a great trip! Donation by Sarah Ferriss 18/12/07  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Tris and Lou - have a great time - hope you break down to test that City & Guilds course!!! Donation by Stephen Grady 14/12/07  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Congratulations! Thanks for all you do for the earth, and have a great time. Donation by Geoff Tyrrell 13/12/07  

£70.00

Say Namaste to India for us, don't forget the spare tyre... you might need it on those roads!! Donation by Emma and Michael 12/12/07  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Drive safe and all the best! Donation by Vineet Katariya 11/12/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

I still think you should go in the other direction... Donation by Neville 11/12/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck T man. Can I come on your next adventure!? Donation by Niall Bevan 10/12/07  

£10.00

careful not to hit any cows!! Donation by Lauren #1 06/12/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Looking forward to your daily reports Donation by Peter Herkenrath 04/12/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck guys - Lou - this time I am hoping to win a prize!!! Donation by Alex Gee 03/12/07  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Good luck you crazy old man! Donation by Rahul B 02/12/07  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Goodluck Lou Lou, hope you guys make it xxxx Donation by Zoe Searle-Barnes 30/11/07  

£20.00

Well done for your dedication & enjoy the experience! Donation by monika 29/11/07  

£100.00

Good luck! Don't forget your hammer. Donation by Lizzie Wilder 29/11/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Sorry we couldnt make your events - wishing you loads of luck. Nic and Will xx Donation by Nic Barnard 29/11/07  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

You are both mad but your heart is in the right place - good luck and take care Donation by Jean Pulley 29/11/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Merry Christmas! Donation by Grantrc 29/11/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by Kaveh 29/11/07  

£20.00

Good luck and have lots of fun! Donation by Anna McIvor 29/11/07  

£20.00

happy tuc-tucin! long time no see Donation by liam 28/11/07  

£15.00

Good cause :) Donation by Fionnuala 28/11/07  

£15.00
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