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Competitors’ corner
DUTCH DES SABLES
Childcancer.org
Time & Tide Challenge 630
FARM Africa
St Helena Hospice
Mercy Ships
Noma
Facing Africa
Oxfam
Children's Cancer Foundation (Germany)
Fred Hollows Foundation
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| Right To Play At A Glance |
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Dutch des Sables 2007 is a Dutch team of four
atheletes: Christine Eenhorst, Phillip de Reuver, Gijs Groeneveld,
Maarten Staarink. Competing in the MDS has every thing Right
to Play stands for. Stamina, respect for nature and other competitors
and working.
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| Time & Tide Challenge 630 |
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GarGary Clifton (GB-D 627) and Seb Simmonds
(GB- D766) are taking part in the 22nd Marathon des Sables
- the event that kicks off their year-long fundraising efforts
they are calling the Time & Tide Challenge 630.
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LOLLI Stefano (I - D 383) and BERARDI
Giovanni (I - D 384)
Il sogno di Stefano |
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LOLLI Stefano (I - D 383) and BERARDI Giovanni
(I - D 384) will run with the logo of the association.
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| Mercy Ships |
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Dr Victor Tregubov (Russian, living/working
in London) is taking part at the 22nd MDS and trying to raise
fund for the International Christian Charity - Mercy Ships
- a fleet of modern ships converted into hospitals that are
visiting the poorest countries around the world (mainly in
Africa) to provide surgery (and some other medical help and
education) free of charge. As an anaesthetist he have been
working with them during last 3 consecutive years (short services
during his annual leaves).
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FACING AFRICA
NOMA |
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Shaun BACON (AUS - D487) is a Melbourne teacher
who is about to embark on the gruelling Marathon Des Sables
in the Sahara Desert. He's doing it to raise money for the
charity Facing Africa, which is working with children affected
by the disfiguring condition Noma.
Shaun is also a keen wildlife photographer.
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Freiburg University
Children's Cancer Foundation |
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Brigid Wefelnberg (D - 461) will be running
- for the second year
the Marathon des Sables. In addition to her normal job, she
is the sports embassader at the Freiburg University Children's
Clinic and support families from all over West and East Europe
who accomany thier children with cancer, not only the children
suffering from various forms of Cancer themselves, but also
the parents and siblings in very difficult moments during therapy
at the University Children's Clinic.
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| HOSPIS MALAYSIA |
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FIRST EVER MALAYSIANS (2 RUNNERS) TO PARTICIPATE
IN MDS. Ngae Koh Hieng (MLY-D 138) and Dr. Tan Tah Ming (MLY
- D 103)
The Malaysian Participant's Mission: to Raise Fund for Hospis
Malaysia
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| Childcancer.org |
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Christophe Berthomier (F_D215) doing the
MDS 2007 to support and bring awareness about the children's
Neuroblastome Cancer foundation.
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| FARM Africa |
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Joanna Swainson (GB - 784) is running this
to raise as much as she can for FARM-Africa.
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JUST GIVING fundraising made easy
ST HELENA HOSPICE |
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In a few weeks, John Hibberd (GD - D683)
is running the toughest Foot race in the world, the 22nd
MARATHON DES SABLES in Morocco, which is 6 London marathons
across the desert in 7 days.
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A FUNDRAISING mission against Noma
FACING AFRICA |
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His name is Christian Farthing from Germany
and he will be running the 22th MDS for Facing Africa !
His website is dedicated to his project of participating
and hopefully finishing the MDS in 2007 (March,23rd - April,2nd)
and also raising funds on his path that leads up to the run,
all the way through the desert and past the finishing line
and whereever after.
You can support him by making donations to his chosen cause.
He has set up a blog for the latest news and his training
progress
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| Anyone can help, everyone can make
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Terry Kane (701-IRL) decided to run the MDS
after the helpless feeling, he had when he saw pictures of
poverty, starvation and death in
third world countries. He has spent a lot of his life travelling
and
on many occassions he saw the destruction caused by famine,
war and disease.
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| The Fred Hollows Foundation |
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In March 2007 Australian marathon runner,
Andrew Cohen, 48, from Yallingup in SW Western Australia,
will contest the MARATHON DES SABLES to raise funds for the
Fred Hollows Foundation.
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