15 April 2009
Last week the Plymouth Banjul Challenge donated two ambulances and a trekking vehicle to the Gambia Red Cross Society, the police and Afrikaada Teeth Savers. The donations come after the drivers encountered difficulties in Morocco which resulted in them initially returning to the UK before a second attempt bypassing Morocco. In addition to these donations, more than 60 cars which participated in the rally were auctioned off earlier this year raising more than £67,000 for community projects in The Gambia.
The rally was started 7 years ago by Briton Julian Nowill and is a cheaper alternative to the prestigious Paris-Dakar rally. All competing cars are left-hand drive, must cost less than £100 and must be donated to the charity auction on arrival in The Gambia. To check out photos and stories from previous rallies and to find out about applying for the 2009/10 Plymouth-Banjul Challenge visit http://www.plymouth-dakar.co.uk
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