Run the Sahara
Unforgettable mentally and physically. I would recommend this journey to anyone as it changes your point of view.
Tomasz Laczny, 2015
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NEXT RACE DATE:
27 FEBRUARY 2018 |
Run the Sahara is Sandblast’s annual fundraising and awareness-raising event. It promotes the Sahara Marathon, an inspiring international running event taking place every February in the Saharawi refugee camps in SW Algeria. You can run (or walk!) a full marathon, a half marathon, 10K or 5K. As the official UK coordinator, Sandblast’s takes the headache out of organising the week-long trip to the Sahara. Along with providing logistical support, we organise a special cultural/ educational programme to enrich your experience during your stay. In return, we ask you to help raise funds for our camp-based projects. Since 2009, close to 70 people have run for Sandblast and helped raised over £70,000. In 2016, 15 Sandblast runners raised over £14,000 to help us carry on with our current work in the camps. Make a difference and join us next year! |
Our fundraising goal in 2018 is to raise £20,000 to continue and expand our 2016-2017 projects in the Saharawi refugee camps. This amount will be divided as follows to help us to carry on with:
Download our INFO PACK for more information on our fundraising goals and how to register for Run the Sahara 2018.
Check out our 2017 JustGiving team fundraising page to see how we are doing!
- SAF (the Saharawi Artivism Fund) - £4,500. This fund was created in 2015 to support the strengthening of Saharawi civil society and to encourage small-scale volunteer initiatives that engage the community to bring about positive change in the cultural, social, environmental lives of the Saharawi refugees. Read more.
- Salaries of 3 Saharawi “Stave House in the Sahara” teachers for 6 months - £1,500. This project is providing Music and English language education in primary schools in the Saharawi refugee camps following the early music teaching method Stave House. Read more.
- The rebuilding of the cultural centre in Al-Auin - £10,000. This centre was very badly affected by the 2015 floods. Sandblast is investing £10,000 for the first stage of re-building the multi-arts, multi-use community centre.
- Setting up Studio-Live Local-£4,000. In Feb 2016, Sandblast resources for Studio-Live were officially transferred over to the Saharawi sound engineer trainee graduates to help set up two locally-run recording studios in the camps. Sandblast is now focusing on assisting a studio in the camp of Boujdour in the National Saharawi Women's Union Centre and a second one in the Cultural centre of Smara camp. Read more
Download our INFO PACK for more information on our fundraising goals and how to register for Run the Sahara 2018.
Check out our 2017 JustGiving team fundraising page to see how we are doing!
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