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Closed 31/03/2019

Sahara Trek & Community Challenge

Test your limits as you take part in a trek across the Sahara and make a visible difference in a community of Marrakech.

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Closed 31/03/2019

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St Oswald's provides specialist care for adults, young people, children and babies. Situated in Newcastle upon Tyne, our purpose-built facilities offer a range of flexible services to north east families. We make no charge for any of our services, ensuring hospice care is available to everyone.

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Give yourself an experience like no other and make a visible difference in a community of Marrakech. The trek in the Moroccan Sahara gives you an insight into this vast and diverse landscape as well as the Berber way of life. 

You will spend two full days and two half days trekking across ancient dried up river beds, sand dunes and vast sun-baked plains. After your trek you will start the second part of your challenge, spending two days assisting a community project in Marrakech, such as an organisation which supports street children, a medical day clinic or a home for the elderly.

St Oswald’s makes no charge for its services ensuring hospice care is available to everyone. Our annual running costs exceed £10 million. We receive £3.5 million from statutory authorities. This means we need to raise over £6.5 million through voluntary giving. We rely on the support, effort and generosity of the local community in order to be able to do this. Your sponsorship will help to make a real difference to the lives of others.

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