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Dear lucky recipient of our postcard!!
Over the next few days we'll be posting a whole load of these cards around our local area as we're hoping you'll be able to help us out with our fundraising to acheive our target for the three charities we're supporting.
Both Owen and I grew up in the local area, and for the last 4 years have been planning and training to make this expedition and the challenges possible.
With the help of local shops, industries and individuals such as yourself we'd love to make this project hugely successful by reaching our fundraising goal, as we spend 12 hard months on the road exhausting ourselves in the name of charity!
We both appreciate its the run-up to Christmas and that money is always tight, but please try and help us out by sponsoring us whatever you can afford, be it £2 or £200. 100% of the money you sponsor will go directly to the charities and the expedition has been funded entirely from our own savings.
To make sure everything is secure and above board we've registered Afritrex as an official trust with the Charities Aid Foundation and donations can be made through their secure website by following the link below:
Click here to go to the Afritrex CAF donation page
If you are a UK taxpayer don't forget to select the GiftAid option as our lovely generous government will donate an extra 28% of the value of your donation to our funds! If you would rather make a donation by cheque or other means please call me on
Our heartfelt thanks goes out to all those who help us!
Ben & Owen
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Welcome to Afritrex - A privately funded charity endurance challenge of marathons, mountains and more; documenting the encounters, obstacles and achievements of 12 months of hard fundraising and charity work across Africa.
Whilst circumnavigating the African Continent I will complete the following challenges:
- To complete five marathons of at least 26 miles
- To climb five of the highest mountains in Africa
- To visit as many of the sites across Africa where the Victoria Cross has been won as possible (VC180 Challenge)
"The challenge to make every penny count"
Have a closer look at the site and find out more about how we'll be spending 2008.
Keep up to date !! - The action is happening as we speak...
Click here for the latest diary entry
Click here for the latest photos
Click here for the latest route
Project Overview
My name is Ben Southall and for the last decade I’ve travelled extensively throughout Southern Africa taking on projects and expeditions to test my abilities and discover exciting new areas of the African continent, whilst in the UK I take part in fitness and endurance events to raise money for charity and thought it was about time I combined the two fields to create my own fundraising expedition from with others could benefit.
So was born Afritrex: the logistical equivalent of one man trying to build spaghetti junction using Taiwanese instructions and a broken shovel.
The idea was simple: take one continent; attempt to circumnavigate it and whilst doing so try and stay fit enough to complete a number of endurance challenges to raise money for my chosen charities and whilst doing so post it all on the internet!
This is set to be the most challenging, exciting and exhausting year of my life, can I really do it?
"The answer is I don't know,
so why not find out!"
This is me Ben Southall and this is my mission throughout 2008. Stay in contact with my progress updates on how things are going through this site.
I’ll be keeping you informed of my progress through biweekly updates to the site, route information and with regular photo and video blogs.
Check our route and progress here
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