NOV 2015 Two continents Run the race of your life, for EXPERIENCE their future 2015

8KM FUN WALK 15KM RUN 10KM RUN FULL

www.selfhelpafrica.org THE CITY WHERE EAST MEETS WEST

Istanbul’s historic Blue Mosque, which is on the marathon route

or centuries it was the gateway to Self Help Africa is offering supporters a The marathon starts on the Asian side the East – the city that bridged two unique Autumn challenge this year, with of the city and passes many of the city’s Fcontinents. a trip being arranged for 20 volunteers great historic sites including the Blue to take part in the 37th ‘Vodafone Mosque and the , finishing Today, Istanbul is ’s biggest city, a in the capital’s Inonu Stadium, home of buzzing and colourful metropolis that is the Besiktas football club. home to nearly 14 million people. Istanbul is an exotic city with a

Known at different points in its 5,000 unique cultural heritage – the year history as Byzantium, Stamboul and point where Europe meets the , Istanbul was for centuries the capital of the Ottoman Empire, whose East. influence spanned from and southern through the Middle East to the Balkans and the Mediterranean. Istanbul Marathon.’ The event provides opportunities for all levels - It is an exotic city with a unique cultural offering an 8km Fun Walk, a 10km or heritage – the point where Europe meets 15km run, as well as the 42km full the East. marathon. Competitors taking part in the 2014 edition of the Vodafone Istanbul Marathon

THE VODAFONE ISTANBUL MARATHON 2015

he Vodafone Istanbul Marathon Registration, for which an £100 fee is HOW YOUR MONEY CAN HELP takes place on Sunday 15th required, is now open, and we will allocate November, and we’re inviting the spaces on a first come first served £100 could buy two bicycles to enable T volunteer farm advisers reach more competitors to fundraise a sum of basis. All travel, accommodation and race families each working day. £1,200 to join us on a four-day trip to enrolment costs are included. Istanbul. £250 could provide farmers with ten pigs Competitors will be provided with a ‘lace or goats and the training to look after them. Participants will depart from London on chip’ for their running shoes, to allow both Families will have meat and milk to eat as well as manure for their fields. Friday, 13th November, and will spend the competitor and the race organisers to three nights in the city – before returning record accurate finishing times. £500 could provide 40 families with home on Monday, 16th November. vegetable seeds, tools and training in All travel, enrolment, sustainable farming techniques, nutrition and food processi.ng skills The itinerary for participants who join us at this year’s Istanbul Marathon will include: accommodation and £750 could allow a community to plant 6,000 tree seedlings and establish a • Flight departures from London on Fri, race costs are included. woodlot, helping to reduce the effects of climate change, reduce soil erosion and 13th November, 11am provide fruit and wood for cooking. • Cultural visits and Marathon The course for the Vodafone Istanbul Exhibition on Sat, 14th November marathon is mostly flat, on asphalt, and £2,000 could help a whole community • Istanbul Marathon and post-race takes place on a route clear of traffic. make poverty history! It could provide seeds, training for farmers, treadle entertainment on Sun, 15th Nov pumps, improved-breed goats, loans and • Depart to London on Mon 16th, 1pm more. SUPPORTING SELF HELP AFRICA

elf Help Africa is an international development organisation A particular focus of Self Help Africa’s work is upon supporting that works through agriculture to end hunger and poverty. women farmers, who carry out up to 70% of the labour on S many small farms, yet have access to just a fraction of the In 2015, our work in Africa support that is available to will support up to three men. million people in ten countries Self Help Africa will support up to to grow more food and earn a Your participation in this year’s better living. 3,000,000 people in ten countries in Vodafone Istanbul Marathon will provide a valuable Self Help Africa seeks to sub-Saharan Africa, this year. contribution to our work, as empower local communities the trip income will generate with training and knowledge, funds to enable us to undertake and to support small-holder more work like this in Africa. farming families to produce more, earn more, and access new markets and better prices for the crops that they grow.

VODAFONE ISTANBUL FUNDRAISING MARATHON 2015

FUNDRAISING

Your fundraising target of £1,200 includes travel, accommodation and race enrolment costs. All remaining proceeds (70%) will support the work of Self Help Africa.

We’ll be on hand throughout your preparations to help you Self Help Africa - Shrewsbury, achieve your fundraising goal and will support you every GET IN Westgate House, Dickens Court step of the way. Hills Lane, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QU TOUCH Tel. +44 (0) 1743 277170 We can provide you with pubGETlicity material sIN, t-shirts, e-mail: [email protected] coin collection units, branded sponsorship forms and posters to help with your fuTndraisiOUCng efforts. H Self Help Africa is registered in England and Wales as a charity no. 298830 and a company limited by guarantee no. 02226352.