Update: this has now been completed and you can view the blog here
Steve and Dan are involved in a charity car rally, facing 8000 miles of car size potholes, bandits, corrupt cops, strange
borders, mountain ranges, deserts and days of no mans land eating questionable food (and probably
hygiene after 8k miles!) to raise money for Save The Children. They aim
to raise a minimum of £1000 for
Save The Children, plus shall donate their vehicle to a charity called CDPF (Children's' Development and
Protection Fund) when they reach Mongolia.
The Mongolia Charity
Rally is a pan-continental drive across five mountain ranges, two
deserts and enough barren and pot-holed roads, paths and terrain to
ensure they'll swagger like John Wayne for a good few weeks after they
complete the drive. Steve and Dan will start in London on the 11th July and our
final destination is the great Mongol capital of Mongolia, beyond the
Gobi desert, Ulaanbaatar, several weeks later. They are aiming to
complete the rally in 3 weeks or less.
Team mate Dan is from
Newcastle Australia, he will be flying to the UK to join up with Steve just before setting off. They
will be updating a daily blog and hope you club members will follow their
adventures. Certainly going to be the toughest challenge for the pair of them.
Raising money for charity
The
rule is they need to raise some cash for their chosen charity before they can
set off. The club would be grateful if members here could donate a few quid
to their Just Giving Page
Please help and donate something!
Donating The Rally Vehicle
The Team Vehicle will be donated in Mongolia to raise money for the orphan children.
It
is important that we help these kids who are basically left on the
streets to fend for themselves due to poverty and violence. By donating
our vehicles to CDPF (Children's' Development and Protection Fund)
charity helps children get shelter, food, warmth from the siberian
winters and a good chance of an education.
They hope the auction sale of their Isuzu 4x4 in Mongolia will
raise $5000 USD for charity alone. This is funded out of their own pockets,
no charity donation goes towards this vehicle. They also hope to sell all their equipment with proceeds towards charity.
Steve says; Let me know what you think of this beauty (sorry its not a Lexus.. I tried ;) )
Save the Children in Mongolia
We started working in Mongolia in 1994. Our projects and the areas we cover expanded rapidly in response to the urgent needs of many vulnerable children. Since then we've built up our expertise and developed strong and positive relationships with Mongolia's education and social welfare agencies.
We're helping children get a good education
Two out of every three Mongolian children miss out on a preschool education. We're providing teachers, parents and children with training materials and books. Last year we helped to improve the quality of education for 12,125 pre- and primary school children by training 485 preschool teachers in child-centred teaching methods.
Last year, we enabled 2,593 poor, nomadic, minority ethnic and disabled children to go to pre- and primary school by setting up kindergartens and providing mobile teachers. Working with a local partner, we provided direct services for 709 disabled children. And more than 2,000 disabled children benefited from training and information we gave to their parents and carers.
We're protecting children from harm
Mongolia's harsh economic climate is forcing more and more children into homelessness and work to survive. We're working to protect these children, especially those vulnerable to abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect.
We provided social work, family reunification, recreation and counselling services for 4,500 children last year. We also provided physiotherapy, massage, play and exercises for 48 disabled children and their families.
We're helping children have their voices heard
Children are involved in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating our activities, particularly our community-based centres. They were key partners in our advocacy campaign to develop a national child protection system. Three children took part in a TV debate, where they expressed the view that children should be involved in decisions that affect their lives.
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