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Charity Fundraising Expeditions
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Can someone explain to me the point of these things?
Someone I met once wants help in raising money to send them to south America on some cycle trek.
I'm a bit confused cos it sounds like wanting sponsorship for a free holiday. How does camping and cycling benefit anyone??
I can totally understand it if once they get there they teach school kids for a month or something like that..
:eek2:
Below is what they say is a typical day for one particular site I found, probably not the same one cos it says wlaking but should give an idea.
What is a typical day?
Most days you will be woken up early for breakfast, pack up your kit and head off for a six to eight hours walk. There will be a picnic lunch en route with time to take in the scenery and rest your feet. Evenings are spent in camp (often with a camp fire) where the local staff will prepare a hearty evening meal with a pay bar available.
Someone I met once wants help in raising money to send them to south America on some cycle trek.
I'm a bit confused cos it sounds like wanting sponsorship for a free holiday. How does camping and cycling benefit anyone??
I can totally understand it if once they get there they teach school kids for a month or something like that..
:eek2:
Below is what they say is a typical day for one particular site I found, probably not the same one cos it says wlaking but should give an idea.
What is a typical day?
Most days you will be woken up early for breakfast, pack up your kit and head off for a six to eight hours walk. There will be a picnic lunch en route with time to take in the scenery and rest your feet. Evenings are spent in camp (often with a camp fire) where the local staff will prepare a hearty evening meal with a pay bar available.
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It's not too different to doing a sponsored bungee or parachute jump. You raise so much, you go for free. That's what it sounds like to me. Except this is on a different, bigger, scale.
Hmm. Still, I'd want to know more.
I thinkthe question is how much of themoney goes to the charity.
I read up on some prices and it says like cost of expedition is £1750 with £100 going to your charity!!
So mean you'll have to get almost 2 Grand together from people's dnations to give you a hundred pound to your charity, sounds pretty bad to me.