In addition to our long-established medicine project for the benefit of Mali Health’s clinic in Sikoro, we will deliver and install an irrigation system in the village of Mambourke in North-Western Mali this time.

The irrigation system costs more than EUR 4,000.-, donations are highly appreciated. As usual, we are giving away small photo books as thank-you to everybody donating at lease EUR 50,-. You can donate via PayPal to team@desertpatrol.org or by direct transfer to our charity account BIC: BYLADEM1001, IBAN: DE15 1203 0000 1011 2013 89, account holder: Andras Kalmar.

Thank you very much for your help!

… but finally Team Desert Patrol is back with the next project.

Unfortunately our participation in the Saharun rally in March 2014 had to be canceled due to my indispensability at work.

But the car was ready and I could not wait until the next big trip, so we decided to participate in the Hungarian Adventure Rally Championship (5 weekend races throughout the year). It was a tough and muddy series and we are proud of finishing up in third place at the end!

Now to the next project: in January 2015 we will join the Budapest-Bamako again. After 3 years of armed conflict in Mali the rally finally returns to its eponymous finish line in Bamako and we are part of it!

The guy on the second picture next to me is János, my partner on the way to Bamako (the tall guy on the right is my cousin Tamás).

I first met János in 2013 in Guinea Bissau, he helped carrying out our charity projects.

New charity projects are under definition for next year and more information will come in the next weeks. Stay tuned!