During the week of March 8-14, members of the group "RP Fighting Blindness" (A branch of The British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society) completed an over 62 mile trek across the great Sahara Desert. This may sound like an absurd idea, but when one realizes the cause involved, it seems like it was well worth it.
The objective of the so-called "RP challengers" was to raise money for research of this debilitating disease, and that is exactly what they did! It amounted to somewhere around $85,200 when factoring in currency exchange rates. Now, this may not sound like an overwhelming number, considering the large amounts you normally hear associated with cancer donations and other monetary figures. However, this will definitely help contribute to the cause of saving the eyesight of many people around the world, if not now, at some future time, and that's the positive outlook we should be hoping for and attempting to achieve.
To view RP Fighting Blindness CEO David Head's pictures from the trip, click here.
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