Sponsor a Mile, Sponsor a Smile
You may be wondering where I disappeared for the past few days. Well, I was very much here, but since there was nothing to report, I refrained from logging in. No progress has been made over the past few days. Lots of people wishing us well and many envious messages are coming in. To be fair, we have not yet started approaching sponsors. The delay is in duct-taping the media associations. Most are complete bar the paperwork. And we all know how slow the wheels of justice turn. And the paperwork is with the legal respective departments.
One possible good news is that Mr Lalit Modi of IPL fame has been sent a message regarding our saga by a school mate of mine. In case he expresses an interest and supports the cause, a lot of our roadblocks will melt away. We flag off on April 17 which is in the middle of the IPL season in 2010. Maybe the expedition can be plugged into the tournament to raise money for charity.
Talking of charity, we have finalised the association with the War Wounded Foundation. But I already mentioned that. The second one is still awaited. And we have also set ourselves a target of raising US$ 1 million for charity, to be distributed between the charities we associate with. India is not a very charity friendly country (bar religious charities), but then ours is a global expedition and hopefully donations will come in from all over the world. We have had visitors to the website from 23 countries already, and once the promotions start in earnest I suspect the numbers will increase. And all we are asking for is US$ 10 per mile. Let’s see how things turn out.
Will get back to you, hopefully tomorrow with some development. Cheers