We are excited to share details of a fundraising challenge being undertaken by 4 Old Aylesburians, Chris Donnachie (Phillips ‘78), Michael Donnachie (Phillips ‘80) , David Belgrove (Ridley ‘80)  and Dafydd Powell (Phillips ‘80).  The four friends who met at AGS  are part of a team of five who are undertaking the Bangers to Banjul Challenge in January 2023 to raise funds for The GLOVE Project charity.

On 13 January 2023 the team, known as The Aylesbury Ducks, will leave Aylesbury in their trusty Peugeot van to travel to Banjul in The Gambia as part of the Bangers to Banjul Challenge.

Their trusty van which will be auctioned on their arrival in The Gambia.

The 3,700 mile trip will take in France, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and Senegal before finally arriving in The Gambia over the weekend of 28 /29 January, if all goes to plan!  They will be travelling across the Sahara Desert and camping much of the way.  On arrival in The Gambia their van will be auctioned, with the proceeds going to local African charities and they will also be carrying used NHS prosthetic limbs to donate to Legs 4 Africa

The team are funding all the trip expenses themselves, including the purchase of the van, but they would love Old Aylesburians to sponsor them to raise money for their chosen charity -  Glove Project .  It is a small UK registered charity and they are supporting their work with child amputees in The Gambia. Disabled children are frequently hidden away in Africa, with little prospect of being more than street beggars. Since 2019 the charity has been working to provide prosthetic legs and support for amputee children so that they can be accepted by their families, peers and local communities. They ensure that the children can remain with their families, attend school and even go on to apprenticeships. Not only do they source the prosthetic limbs and medical care for the children, they ensure that they have uniforms, books, food and even bicycles to get them to school.  The charity is currently fundraising to purchase a vehicle to be able to carry out home and school monitoring visits for the children they support as without this they cannot ensure they can reach all the children who need them.

Please consider sponsoring them to help them to achieve their aims - Aylesbury Desert Ducks