AMECO is sponsoring the 2010 Raid 4L Trophy™ in Morocco

We are proud to sponsor a team from the Ecole Centrale de Lille participating in the 12th Edition of the Raid 4L Trophy that will take place from 18 February to 28 February 2010.

1,000 crews comprised of 2,000 students will participate in this exceptional event. More than ever, the event is about solidarity since 50 kg of humanitarian gifts by car must be forwarded by the teams to the southern region of Morocco. In total, the 2009 record of 60 tonnes of equipment transported out to Morocco should be outreached.

The “Enfants du désert” organization and the Southern Morocco organizations have requested from us, for this 12th edition of the 4L Trophy, the materials described below, as well as school stationery in a backpack or a schoolbag, to provide education to the children.

- Hygiene products (soap, shower gel, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste.)
- Shoes and clothing: new or in good condition
- Educational games (board games, card games…)
- School Material (schoolbag of supplies: pens, erasers, folders, note-books…)

These materials will be delivered locally to Morocco, either to organizations responsible for redistributing the gifts or they will be directly distributed to the desert schools.

Respecting the environment is also of central importance for the organisers and participants.

As part of a “Clean Desert” operation, the organisers have committed themselves to meticulously cleaning up the bivouac sites and to ensuring that the trails are restored to their original state at the end of the rally.

In addition, each crew will be given a bio-degradeable plastic bag at the start of each stage. This ensures that not only will all of the participants’ litter be collected, but also that if a bag happens to get left behind in the desert, it will naturally and rapidly degrade without having any negative effect on the environment.

More information about the 4L Trophy at www.4ltrophy.com