Mongolia charity rally
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The Mongolia Charity Rally is the charity rally from London to the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. The Mongolia Charity Rally is organised by Charity Rallies, part of Go Help, a UK-based charity.
Adventure
[edit]Participants start the 10,000-mile (16,000 km) trip from a Mongolian Naadam festival in London, England.[citation needed] The vehicles are then driven to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where they are donated to a partner charity of Go Help for auction. Charity Ralliers must raise a minimum of £1,500 for UK charity Go Help, that runs Charity Rallies, through Go Help's JustGiving page, before departing.[citation needed] The main beneficiary of the 2008 and 2009 Mongolia Charity Rally was Save the Children.[citation needed]
The Mongolia Charity Rally launches from Highbury Fields in Islington, London. Go Help and the Mongolian Association organise a Mongolian Naadam to see Charity Ralliers off on their adventure, an event that is heavily attended by the Mongolian community in London, and was featured on ITV Local,[1] a UK television network.
Routes
[edit]The main routes to Mongolia are either the Northern Route, from London to Mongolia via Moscow, or the Southern Route, via Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia.
Entry fees
[edit]The Mongolia Charity Rally charges an entry fee that is aimed at covering the costs of running the event.[citation needed] All excess funds that are generated from entry fees are donated to a project started by Go Help that provides riding helmets to child jockeys taking part in Mongolian Naadam festivals, a project that was covered by Mongolian television in 2008.[2] The entry fee for the Mongolia Charity Rally 2010 is £300 for teams signing up before October 1, after which the invitation is by invitation only. The entry fee for 2009 was also £300, which is less than half the entry fee of £650 charged in 2009 by a competing rally run by a profit making company. The 2008 entry fee was £150. The increase reflected two major additions to Go Help's budget: the hiring of an employee in Mongolia to oversee vehicle sales and to monitor the application of funds raised by Charity Ralliers, and the costs of full-time development of the Charity Rallies website.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Press Coverage of the Mongolia Charity Rally
[edit]- Mongolia Charity Rally helps Save the Children - UB Post
- Students in Mongolia mission - Lancaster Guardian
- In the steps of Ghenghis Khan - Bromsgrove Advertiser
- Pink Ladies in Mongolia Rally - Combedown Liberal Democrats Blog
- Goodbye to Volvo via Mongolia - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
- Children’s Charities to Benefit from Policemens' Big Challenge - Kent Online
- Car trek pair are forced to take taxi
- Car trek pair are back on the road after car repairs
- Charlie in mercy mission to Mongolia