Taking on the Sahara - on foot!!
Page creator: Mike Sharman
Event: Help a London Child -Trek Sahara
Event Date: 13th Mar 2009
Team Members: Mike, Charlie, William, Matthew and Nat Sharman
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About our charity : GCap Charities - Help a London Child GCap Charities - Help a London Child
Help a London Child (HALC) was founded in 1975 by Lord Attenborough CBE, as Capital 95.8's charity to assist and give opportunities to thousands of London’s children and young people experiencing abuse, homelessness, disability, poverty and illness. Over the last 30 years the charity has raised in excess of £20 million and awarded that amount to over 10,000 small groups across the Capital, directly helping over 1 million children.
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Fundraising target:  £11,250.00
Donations so far:  £ 7,186.00
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It appears that there is no end to mid-life foolishness - particularly when natural filial competitiveness also gets involved! Not content with the challenges of bringing up 16 children (together, not each!), and spurred on by some vague objective to get fitter, the 5 Sharman brothers have decided to take on and tame the Sahara Desert. We will be starting somewhere in Morocco, on 13th March 2009 and will be walking (yes, walking!) 100 km  across the desert to Marrakech. Apparently there will be a lot of sand!

The real objective of this madness is, of course, to raise money for a very worthwhile charity, "Help a London Child". London has the richest and poorest Boroughs in Europe, and the life lived by some of our least fortunate children is a sad reflection on one of the most affluent cities in the World. Our 10 days of modest discomfort will be extremely worthwhile if we are able, with your generous support, to help to alleviate just some of their hardship.

So please dig deep and help us to reach (and hopefully exceed) our fundraising target.

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor us: GCap Charities - Help a London Child gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

Your sponsorship (and anything matched by your employers) is greatly appreciated by all of us, and free gifts of sand (poured out from our boots at the end of the trip) will gladly be sent to our most generous supporters.

Kind regards

Mike, Charlie, William, Matthew and Nat
Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
greg lanning 08/10/2008 £50.00 £14.10 good luck one and all 
Nicky cooper 08/10/2008 £50.00 £14.10 do you need a doctor? 
Andrew Harvey 07/10/2008 £20.00 £5.64 I can't see Dawson's name on your list! Good luck! 
Margaret Connell 06/10/2008 £50.00 £14.10 No great north run ?  
David Golding-Wood 29/09/2008 £40.00 £11.28 Go against the grain! 
Karen & Glen Lodge 28/09/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Good Luck 
Neil McConachie 27/09/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Fluids can include beer. 
Daniel Morton 23/09/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Good luck chaps! 
Nita Mistry 22/09/2008 £21.00 £5.92 AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Rob Miners 20/09/2008 £100.00 n/a Best of luck 
susan fitch 16/09/2008 £151.00 £42.59 Good luck !!! (MAN U) 
Marko Popovic 15/09/2008 £300.00 n/a Liverpool 
Andrew 13/09/2008 £50.00 n/a Good Luck! 
Harvey 12/09/2008 £30.00 £8.46 Save something for the cycling! 
David Blair 10/09/2008 £50.00 £14.10 All the best. 
John Welham 09/09/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Dont forget your bucket and spade. Best wishes John and Pauline  
Fionnuala Fahy 09/09/2008 £50.00 n/a Best of luck 
Nick Billingham 09/09/2008 £50.00 £14.10 I never knew there were so many sharmans - frightening. 
Robin George 09/09/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Best of luck ! 
Bill Pollett 08/09/2008 £50.00 n/a Bermuda - Good Luck! 
Nick Sharman 08/09/2008 £100.00 n/a Why isn't Dad doing it - he always wanted to go to the Rift Valley! 
James and Annabel 08/09/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Walk!? I still think you should run it............ 
Alastair Houlding 04/09/2008 £151.00 £42.59 Everton 
Shelley Collinson 04/09/2008 £150.00 n/a Hull, (Good Luck BTW) 
Richard and Millie Harries 03/09/2008 £150.00 £42.31 Matt, et al , I hope you all enjoy it and we are looking forward to hearing all the stories on your return  
Denis Brock 02/09/2008 £75.00 £21.15 Matthew: only a squeezy bottle for a shower, I pity your co-walkers!! 
Chris Hunt 02/09/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Very impressed with your ambition, good luck to all of you 
ros joseph 02/09/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Only 100K in 10 days? Must try harder! You'll be hearing from me next month. I'm, cycling for charity in South Africa!! ALl the best 
Simon Bandler 02/09/2008 £50.00 n/a Good luck Matthew, and to all of you. I look forward to seeing the photos from the adventures. 
jeremy berman 02/09/2008 £100.00 £28.21 delighted to support you 
Daniel Morton 01/09/2008 £151.00 £42.59 It's not that warm..honest 
Harvey Glen 01/09/2008 £25.00 £7.05 You know you will absolutely love this Nat, as I'm sure the rest of the Sharman boys will do! 
Mark Maan 01/09/2008 £182.00 n/a Hull Arsenal, All the best! 
Mike 28/08/2008 £80.00 n/a Newcastle 
Guy Rubin 28/08/2008 £75.00 £21.15 You will know where to go by following the skeletons in the sand... 
John & Sue Sharman 20/07/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Why not practice at Brancaster? 
Jan & Zosia 18/07/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Wouldn't it have been easier to join the foreign legion to do a Beau Geste 
Bernard John Clow 17/07/2008 £100.00 £28.21  
Jonathan Dodd 16/07/2008 £150.00 n/a Good luck, Indy! Crazy b#$@%$d. 
Clive Watson 16/07/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Good luck 
Chris Stooke 15/07/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Best of luck and avoid mirages 
Michael Watson 14/07/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Good Luck! 
Angus Hyslop 14/07/2008 £50.00 n/a  
Iain Paul 14/07/2008 £25.00 £7.05  
Neil Bolton 11/07/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Don't do a Laurel and Hardy and end up where you started. 
Todd Fonner 10/07/2008 £100.00 n/a Drink fluids! 
Simon Minshall 10/07/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Another mad outing! 
Jack Dearie 10/07/2008 £100.00 n/a Best of luck - from your friends at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge 
Robert Law 09/07/2008 £50.00 £14.10 A walk in the park. 
Alec Spence 09/07/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Wishing you well - you're a good egg! 
Max Capital 09/07/2008 £50.00 n/a Company match for Kip 
Kip Herring 09/07/2008 £50.00 n/a Good luck and enjoy Marrakech! 
Andrew Baddeley 09/07/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Best of luck. Take plenty of water and band-aid! 
Tony Browne 09/07/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Good Luck 
Sam & Joanna Bridges 08/07/2008 £25.00 n/a Why only one way? 
Irina Rakhlis 08/07/2008 £20.00 n/a Best of Luck!  
Rolf Tolle 08/07/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Best of luck 
J-P Darque 08/07/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Keep cool! you will love the rain on your return! Well done!  
Mike Daly 07/07/2008 £100.00 n/a Good luck guys 
Nick Hutton 07/07/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Good luck 
nicholas assheton 04/07/2008 £100.00 £28.21 mind the sunburn! 
Jim and Pam Sharman 03/07/2008 £500.00 £141.03 From proud parents, see you in Marrakesh 
Celia 03/07/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Enjoy yourselves! 
Cyrus zadmer 02/07/2008 £100.00 n/a take a tennis ball incase you get bored & need extra exercise 
Judy Aljoe 30/06/2008 £150.00 £42.31 Good Luck, Why isn't Jim going with you? Pleading ill health once again, no doubt 
Emma McCormack 30/06/2008 £50.00 £14.10 critical illness is a must!! 
Bridget Clarke 29/06/2008 £25.00 £7.05 good luck 
Penny Linnett 27/06/2008 £25.00 £7.05 You must be mad 
Paul Zemsky 26/06/2008 £50.00 n/a From your friends at ING NY 
Hugh D 26/06/2008 £100.00 £28.21 thats £20 each for your foolishness 
Stuart 26/06/2008 £100.00 n/a Compede is a must 
Charles Manchester 25/06/2008 £100.00 £28.21  
Mike & Rachel 25/06/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Training tip - sand in your jockstrap 
Troll 25/06/2008 £100.00 £28.21 I am sure you will have fun. 
Chris 25/06/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Good Luck 
andrew cowan 23/06/2008 £50.00 £14.10 ice cold in alice? 
Allan Hudson 23/06/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Blazing sun , spitting camels, marauding berbers, sand that gets everywhere,biting insects - and these are just the fun bits! All the best! Allan. 
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