A brief history of the SaharaMarathon Project The first edition of the Sahara Marathon was born as a simple marathon, to give visibility to the Saharawi cause and express solidarity with this people. It was attended by less than a hundred people, amateur runners, who reached the camps in small groups organized by associations of …
The Algerian desert floods of solidarity with the epic race for the Saharawi people. CALCATERRA, A WORLD CHAMPION IN THE DESERT – The italian won over Vicente Grande Duque and Jon Salvador, in a thrilling race that was decided in the last kilometers – The basque María Elena Frechilla gets a well-deserved triumph in the …
Just two weeks to start our amazing and unforgetable journey. It’s a good time to send you some more information and some basic tips: PROGRAM: In the coming days we will send you the families distribution, the list of projects and the official program of the trip, but we anticipate that this year is scheduled …
For the days after the races, we’re preparing a guided visit to some point of interest in Smara, to try to give you more information on how the services and the social structure works at the camps. The visit will start and end at the center of the Daira of Echederia, were the participants are …
The next edition of SaharaMarathon will see again Jon Salvador and Vicente Grande Duque, both winners of past editions of SaharaMarathon, and for the first time in the Sahara, Giorgio Calcaterra, three times world champion of the 100 km!
The Children Race started 10 years ago as a funny event after the marathon, and it’s now at its 11th edition, with the participation of a thousand kids. And is still growing, because this year is the 3rd edition of the Children Olympic games, a competition of teams in four athletic games. That day you …
2700km is the length of the wall built by Morocco, that separates the Moroccan occupied Western Sahara from the free-zone liberated by the Saharawis. It divides the Saharawis land in two, and prevents the refugees to access their own land and the sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_Western_Sahara_Wall Upon request of many participants in the past, the Minister of …
This is the medal waiting for you at the finish line of SaharaMarathon 2017. It’s hand-made and hand-painted at the ceramic laboratory of the ElAyoun camp, each piece is unique. The ceramic laboratory is a project to employ women in the refugee camps, and SaharaMarathon asked them to produce medals for the race, and bought …
“Resistir y vencer” (To resist and to win) is a school of Boxe in the Saharawi refugee camps, built by a participant of SaharaMarathon 2011. He funded and built the first school in the Smara camp 3 years ago, and the new school in the camp of ElAyoun this year. This is part of SaharaMarathon …
