Inmarsat provides the team with satellite communications equipment as well as 700 MB of bandwidth for the continuous delivery of the education program.
	Panasonic provides the team with video camera equipment for the expedition and education videos.
	Atkinson Vos provides the team with expert advice and servicing on the Unimog, as well as discounts on Unimog equipment.
	Commercial Advantage Consulting made a financial contribution to the expedition and education program.
	VK Cars provided the expedition with a substantial discount on all Unimog 404 parts.
	The Fleet Street Clinic provided the team with excellent medical advice and immunisations.
	The Freeplay Foundation provided us with solar and wind-up powered radios and torches.
	Automobielbedrijf Stolk B.V. (Gouda, Netherlands) provided us with a vehicle 'diagnostic health check.'
	Nomad Travel Stores and Clinics provided the Tire Tracks team with a discount on all camping and cooking items purchased.
Dennis Cross & Adam Simmons - Off roading experts	Dennis & Adam provided the team with off road instruction and training.
	West London Classics provided the Mog with a last maintenance check-up before the team's departure.

Major Contributors

Sponsor the education program or the expedition and promote your organization with tens of thousands of students and thousands of travel enthusiasts.

By contributing to the Tire Tracks unique African expedition, you will help the Tire Tracks team gain direct access to the necessary research facilities and resources required for them to explore, experience and report on the true Africa.

By sponsoring us you will also attract the eyeballs of tens of thousands of students and teachers using the education program several times a week, as well a large number of travel, overlanding, 4WD and Africa enthusiasts that will follow the expedition as it progresses.

We have over 30,000 students signed up to use the program, which kicked off in September 2005, and expect to have hundreds of thousands of users during the first two years of the program.

Any contribution (monetary or in kind) you can make to help us unravel the great African mystery, and/or any help you can give us to raise awareness about this project, is greatly appreciated.

Sponsor a mile, special week, country or topic or lesson

Apart from general sponsorship we offer the opportunity to sponsor specific parts of the education program or the expedition.

Sponsor Benefits

To thank you for your support, all sponsors are displayed on our dedicated Sponsor web page, and have the option to receive first-hand accounts of the Explorer's adventures as they explore the African continent. For significant contributors, the Tire Tracks team offers additional benefits:

• Delivery of our final expedition report which includes details of the Tire Tracks project, research performed and our achievements.
• Placement of sponsor's products and/or logo during media events and presentations.
• Provide product or service testimonials for marketing purposes.
• Public appearances or interviews at company events, presentations or trade shows.
• Reference sponsor in expedition-related publications.
• Display of sponsor's logo and web links on the Tire Tracks education website.
• Upon request, testing and reporting on specified products throughout our two year African adventure.
• Upon request, delivery of special reports, on the road interviews, special photos or video footage to use in marketing campaigns.
• Upon request, delivery of special reports, on the road interviews, special photos or video footage with employees in overseas offices for use internal communications.

For detailed information on sponsorship, download the contribution levels and sponsor benefits , send us an email or fill in this form, and we will contact you.

We would like to thank a number of people for their help, advice and support, without whom we wouldn't have been able to put this together:

Imran Kahn, Naasu Fofanah, Sorious Samura, Don & Dottie Overman, W.O. Wenckebach, Allyson Catanese, Caspar Wenckebach, Hester Stolk, Richard Dowden, Ben Burt, Peter Ainsworth MP, Mark Lancaster MP, Rick Carne, David Lambert, Bart Brouwer, Terry Riley, Alex Kwofie, Angela Beerman, Anne Giarraputo, Carol Langston, Cathy Friedmann, Emily Bastiansen, Emily West, Gary Flossmann, Jane Bidgood, Jo Gwin Shelby, Kyei Godfred, Meghan Bleiler, Robyn Lombardo, Tawanda Carter, Tessa Willy, Lindsay Allan, Jared Cobb, Sam MacDonald, John Lidstone, Harsha Trivedi, Nigel Thacker, Matthew Chetty, Mark Hagendorff, Dennis & Janette Cross, Adam Simmons.