Melissa's Namibia Challenge page

Melissa Charles is raising money for Advanta Foundation
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Namibia Challenge · 16 August 2019

Advanta Foundation

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We raise money to provide grants to children's charities

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The Namibia Challenge is an endurance testing 7 day bike/trek/walk across Namibia, commencing in Windhoek and finishing in Uis.

Not only will this be physically challenging, but for anyone who knows me, wild camping will certainly be a test of my mental strength!

I am looking to raise a further £2,500 to meet a £5,000 goal (£2.5k already achieved) to support the Advanta Foundation and continue to help disadvantaged children throughout the world to lead a better life. 

The cost of the event itself is being met in full by Advanta Wealth, meaning that all funds raised will directly benefit the charity and the children's charities that they support. 

The itineray for the event is detailed below;

Day 1

100km bike ride crossing the Gamberg pass

Day 2

65km bike ride followed by a 2 hour hike

Day 3

70km bike ride followed by a 4 hour hike through the Kuiseb river to Gobabeb

Day 4

30km bike ride through desert dunes from Walisbay to Swakopmund

Day 5 

Hike to Wasserfall flaeche and make camp ready to climb Koenigstein

Day 6

Climb Koenigstein

Day 7

Descend Koenigstein

The Advanta Foundation

The Advanta Foundation is a Scottish registered children’s charity who raise, donate and support various children’s charities both in the UK and worldwide.

The charity was originally established in October 2005 (previously
known as One 4 Kids) and throughout the years has raised an astounding £600,000 through various fundraising and social events. Every single penny raised has gone to help a child in need and the cost of hosting each event has been met by One Solution Group and Advanta Wealth to ensure that all funds raised benefit the charity directly.

A large number of children’s charities, both at home and overseas, have benefited from the foundation’s donations over the years.  These include, but are not exclusive to, the Children’s Hospice Association for Scotland, The Jeely Piece Club in Glasgow, The Music for Life Program in Kenya, The Tunahaki Foundation in Tanzania and The Catalyst Foundation in Vietnam

In recent years, they have worked in close affiliation with
another charity, RUDA UK and their principal project of building and running the School of Excellence in Namanditi, Tanzania.

On 3 occasions, both One Solution Group and Advanta Wealth have
sent a team out to the school in Namanditi to run lessons in English, arts and crafts and even music. They also plan to run further volunteer programmes going
forwards.

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Advanta Foundation

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We are the registered charitable foundation of the Advanta Group of companies. We raise money and award grants to children’s charities in the UK and abroad. Our costs are very generously funded by the Group and we have no paid staff. This allows us to donate 100% of what we raise.

Donation summary

Total
£3,461.28
Online
£561.28
Offline
£2,900.00

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