# Challenge eventers to follow in footsteps of David Livingstone

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/04/01/challenge-eventers-follow-footsteps-david-livingstone/
- Published: 2008-04-01T09:40:31+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Participants in a fundraising challenge event in Zambia this November are being
asked to follow in the footsteps of humanitarian and explorer David Livingstone.**

The David Livingstone Footsteps Challenge participants will follows part of the 
route of Dr Livingstone’s Zambezi expedition of 1858-64. In addition, they will 
be following in his footsteps metaphorically by spending a day working at the Ebenezer
Orphanage near the Victoria Falls.

When the trip ran for the first time last year, participants completely redecorated
the girls’ dormitories and similar activities are planned for this year. Participants
are also asked to bring presents that all the children can share.

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“This challenge event really aims to connect people with both the causes they are
fundraising for and the reasons that they do this kind of thing in the first place,”
said Hugh McCaw, of event organiser Relationship Marketing.

“Quite often challenge events don’t have any kind of connection with the cause they
are fundraising for, let alone the activities of someone such as David Livingstone.
Of course it’s not always possible to link the event to the cause, but while we 
are having the debate about the relevance of enclosures in DM packs to the cause,
I think we need to think just a little bit more about how we can make challenge 
events that bit more relevant.”

So far two charities have signed up to recruit participants, Children Today and 
Bighearted Scotland, a fundraising consortium of seven Scottish charities.

While any charity can join the event and recruit participants to fundraise for it,
McCaw hopes that a number of charities that have connections to Africa, third world
development or children’s causes will come forward. “I really want charities to 
come to this event viewing it as a way to connect the donors with their cause and
start them on a real supporter journey, and not see this just an arbitrary way to
raise money,” he said.

www.relationshipmarketing.org.uk

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