I got a nice email back from the fundraising manager at SANE today. Very supportive - she thought that the Dakar is a "brilliant idea", but he couldnt offer much help in way of the logistics of helping me to find sponsorship.

She did say that it is very very important that I do not present myself as a representative of SANE or that I am acting on their behalf. I must make it clear that I am a sole inividual, who will be donating any money made from the event to charity.

I also approached a software company who are the market leader in "Mobile Communities". What community is more mobile than the Dakar? Will keep you posted on how that one turns out.

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