Trek from Tooting to Tanzania - Team 2

Thank you for your interest in our trek to Tanzania.

LTT has teamed up with World Walking, a social enterprise supporting stroke survivors to take exercise. They have kindly created a bespoke trek for LTT that takes us from Julian’s front door in Tooting, London, to the gates of our delivery partners MCDO in Babati, Tanzania.

This intrepid route takes us through France and Spain before crossing into Algeria. From there we carry on going south across the Sahara in to Niger, head east through rainforests, cross the equator in Uganda and end in Babati. It is a journey I would dearly love to do in real life. Just think of the sites, sounds and aromas, let alone all the wonderful people and cuisine we’d discover!

Aside from the exercise, escaping the house and being with you guys, this trek is also about raising funds for LTT so that we can carry on supporting communities in all the amazing ways we do. We are inviting you as walkers to join us in fundraising and suggest each trekker has a minimum target of £150, though we hope you can raise much more!

We will of course differ in age and fitness level, and this is NOT a competition. Your own ambitious target so we can support one another. Julian, who sits at his desk for far too many hours a day has set his goal at 150 miles over the 10 weeks.

All journeys start with that important first step - below are the initial steps we invite you to take to enrol and join us on this exciting expedition.

Step 1 - confirm your place on the Trek

Please confirm your spot by registering for the trek. There is a £15 registration fee which covers the administration costs. (That might sound a bit dull but it actually covers an LTT hat for you (to keep you warm), awards at the finishing line party, time and a donation to the fantastic platform providers).

Step 2 - Join our ‘Tooting To Tanzania group’

Once you have confirmed your place, please go to World Walking on your COMPTER and register with them and let Julian know. He will invite you to join LTT Trekkers Team 2 which you will see in the My Groups section of the World Walking website. Please accept the invitation. Once you have joined the group please join the Tooting to Tanzania Trek which you can find from within the group. THEN, and only then download the World Walking app from the Google Play Store or the Apple Store to your smart phone, and log in.

Step 3 - Start recording your steps

Ideally you will connect your Fit Bit, Google Fit or Apple Health Kit to the World Walking App. (Steps can be manually added if necessary, please email Julian if you would prefer this option - mistakes cannot be undone!! - julian@livingstonetanzaniatrust )

As soon as you are connected, World Walking will count your steps. Please click HERE to see how to allocate your steps.

Step 4 - Start raising funds for Ltt projects in tanzania

Please set up a Giving Page, so that you can start fund raising.

Fantastic, well done

Whistle while you walk…!

We would love you to help us create a playlist on Spotify to help us ‘Hi Ho…’along the way. If you would like to contribute songs to the list please click HERE.

If you have any challenges along the way, we are here to support you - please fill in the form below and we will get in touch