The First Kiwi Sahara Marathoners, Footprints For Hope

We are two New Zealanders signed-up to compete in the Sahara Marathon solidarity race for the refugee children of Western Sahara.

Jack Keeys will run the full marathon, and Amy Strang the half marathon.

This epic adventure race includes running between four refugee camps, across the hot desert and traversing sand-dunes, and we will be the first New Zealanders to have completed the event.

This is the 15th year of the event, which includes living with a refugee family in their tent for a week, sharing stories, and supporting local projects.

We are participating in this event to support four important causes across the globe, with the funds to be split equally across the four causes (25% to each):

1) Sahara Marathon project supporting camp refugees with special needs

2) Sahara Marathon project supporting war orphans in restoring recently flooded Dakhla camp

3) The New Zealand Refugee Family Reunification Trust

4) The Toulouse Refugee support charity in our current home city, RET'SER 31

We will cover 100% of the costs of participating in the event, so all charity contributions will go directly to the causes.