"Racing the Planet" to Put Computers into Classrooms in Latin America

Tom Gallagher, a Magis Americas staff member and Greenwich resident, is racing the deserts of the world to help poor children in Latin America get a better start in life. Please join Tom by making a contribution to buy and ship 1,000 computers to schools in very poor communities.

As one of 200 competitors in Racing the Planet's Gobi Desert run this June, (see www.4deserts.com/gobimarch), Tom will run 150 miles in six days-equivalent to a marathon a day-carrying all his food for the week, a sleeping bag and other supplies. Tom's goal is to raise $100,000 to purchase 1,000 computers for 100 schools. In contributing to this goal, you will directly benefit 50,000 students from the worst urban slums and impoverished rural communities across the continent.

The computers will be purchased and distributed by Magis Americas in partnership with World Computer Exchange (www.worldcomputerexchange.org) and the International Federation of Fe y Alegría (www.feyalegria.org), a Jesuit-affiliated network of 2,000 primary and secondary schools in 16 countries in Latin America.

Tom successfully raced the Atacama Desert, Chile, in August 2007, finishing 29th out of 66 competitors. Greenwich magazine ran a story on this race in its May 2008 issue.

Please support Tom's efforts by donating through the button below, and entering "Desert" in the designation box. Not only will you be sponsoring a world-class human being in this tremendous challenge event, you will be raising the hopes and prospects of thousands of young people whose lives are intertwined with our own in the Americas we share.

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