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Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page. We now have a Twitter feed, www.twitter.com/c720gbv We hope to raise money for two charities by driving a £100 car over 4500 miles across the Sahara desert to Timbuktu in Mali.  Pineapples Don't Float,  Air Traffic Control Assistant Alex Wilkes, and Flight Ops Assistant Mike Norris will set out on boxing day 2010 with three weeks to complete the journey.  Follow our progress in group 1105 of the Timbuktu challenge at <a href="http://www.plymouth-dakar.co.uk/">www.plymouth-dakar.co.uk</a>   We have provided the car, a Volvo 440GS, and will make the trip without help or support. Provided we escape the clutches of the desert, the Rotary Club will auction the car in Bamako and put the funds towards developing clean water sources for villages in Mali.   The proceeds of your sponsorship will go to "ShelterBox" www.shelterbox.org  - a disaster relief charity that responds instantly to natural and manmade disasters by delivering boxes of aid to those who are most in need. Each box supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent and essential equipment to use while they are displaced or homeles <div></div> <div> We will also be supporting Help for Heroes, if you’d rather give to them follow the links below:       Help for Heroes:  www.justgiving.com/pineapplesdontfloath4h            Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.   So please dig deep and donate now.   We've made the Journey and now we are back in the UK    </div>