WOBURN SAFARI PARK SUPPORTS GOHELP MONGOLIA CHARITY RALLY. (matthew john, olympus productions, sally griffths, charity events)

WOBURN SAFARI PARK

SUPPORTS

GOHELP MONGOLIA CHARITY RALLY.

On 10 July 2010 at 10.00am, 40 teams set off on this ambitious journey from Woburn Safari Park, near Milton Keynes, on the official launch of the 2010 Mongolia Charity Rally. The journey entails a 10,000 mile drive taking six weeks and gruelling terrain which includes five mountain ranges, two deserts and the vast Eurasian steppes along the way, finally ending at Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. The Mongolia Charity Rally is co-ordinated by Go Help, a UK registered charity, run entirely by volunteers.

The 2010 Mongolia Charity Rally’s aim of raising £100,000 for a variety of worthy causes in Mongolia is well on target with £50,000 already raised so far. This year funds will be used to assist vulnerable nomadic herding families who have lost much or all of their livestock as a result of last Winter’s severe weather which affected much of Mongolia.

Since the first Mongolia Charity Rally in 2008, Go Help has raised over £250,000 for good causes in Mongolia. Past and current projects include a new centre for street children and a Rehabilitation and Education Centre for Children with disabilities. To date, over 50 vehicles including fully fitted emergency ambulances have been donated.

Notes:

1. The 2010 Mongolia Charity Rally involves teams driving from Central London to the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar by any route possible The length of the drive is approximately 10,000 miles, and takes around six weeks. Teams are required to raise a minimum of £1,500 to support Go Help projects in Mongolia, but can also raise funds for a second charity of their choice if they wish. All vehicles that make it to the finishing line are auctioned to raise money for Go Help projects or are donated to suitable hospitals, orphanages, NGOs and other similar organisations.

2. The Mongolia Charity Rally’s fundraising focus for 2010 is Dzud Relief, supporting vulnerable nomadic herding families who have lost their only source of income through exceptionally severe winter weather (or ‘dzud’). The 2009-10 dzud killed 1.7 million head of livestock and left tens of thousands of families facing food shortages. The first Mongolia Charity Rally took place in 2008. Since then over £250,000 has been raised to date, and over 50 vehicles donated to worthy causes in Mongolia.

3. Go Help has worked particularly closely with Save the Children, supporting major project including the National Rehabilitation and Education Centre for Children with Disabilities in Ulaanbaatar in 2008 and a Kazakh-language education programme for minority children in the far west of Mongolia in 2009. In April 2010, Go Help donated £50,000 to Save the Children to provide support to vulnerable children through Save the Children’s drop in centre for street children.

4. Go Help is a UK charity which has as its core mission raising funds from charity events, specifically charity rallies. In addition to the Mongolia Charity Rally, Go Help also manages the Roof of the World rally, and the Mad Tuk Tuk Challenge was launched in April 2010. Go Help is the only operator of non-profit making charity rallies in the UK, and all the money raised by the teams goes directly to the chosen charities.

GO HELP CHARITY

MONGOLIO RALLY 2010-07-11 WOBURN SAFARI PARK

MATTHEW JOHN OLYMPUS PRODUCTIONS.

Charitys Rallies

PRESS RELEASE

FOR RELEASE ON 1 APRIL 2010

APRIL FOOLS DAY MARKS LAUNCH OF CAMBODIAN TUK TUK
CHALLENGE - THE ULTIMATE CHARITY TRAVEL ADVENTURE
SIEM REAP, Cambodia – Eight British teams are lined up on the
starting grid of the inaugural Cambodian Tuk Tuk Challenge in Siem
Reap, Cambodia, preparing to overcome 500 miles of dirt roads,
jungles, pot-holes and paddy fields to raise money for UK registered
charity Go Help, which engages the public in awesome adventures
to support charitable projects in the destination country of its
events.

The charity chariots will hit the road at daybreak on April Fools day
and - with a bit of luck and a lot of sweat - will roll across the finish
line on Saturday, 10th April 2010, having overcome some of the
world’s most dangerous roads in their motorised rickshaws.
The Cambodian rickshaws themselves are simply mopeds rigged up
to tow a sofa-bed on wheels. Teams have “pimped up” their Tuk
Tuks with designs ranging from a gin and tonic glass to the O.K.
Corral. After being put together by local Cambodian mechanics,
teams will take to the road and once the Challenge is conquered,
these charity chariots will be used to support a driving school and
teach local Cambodian women to become Tuk Tuk taxi drivers, thus
providing them with new avenues to earn a living wage.


Notes for Editors

Go Help is a UK charity which has as its core mission raising funds
from charity events, specifically charity rallies. In addition to the
Cambodian Tuk Tuk Challenge, Go Help also organises the Mongolia
Charity Rally and the Roof of the World Rally, and there are several
new vehicle-themed charity challenges planned for 2011. Go Help
is the only operator of non-profit making charity rallies in the UK,
and all the money raised by the teams goes directly to charity.
The Cambodian Tuk Tuk Challenge will raise funds for MaD –
Making a Difference for Good, a Cambodian NGO with whom Go
Help have partnered to launch this event. Working in partnership
with rural Cambodian communities, MaD’s aim is to empower
individuals, families and villages with the knowledge and resources
they need to build themselves a sustainable future free from
poverty. Through its Rural Community Development and Children’s
Welfare Programs, MaD offers Cambodian communities assistance in
areas such as water, sanitation, housing, construction, sustainable
agriculture, healthcare, childcare, orphan care and education.

Website: tuktuk.charityrallies.org

For more information, please contact:
David Griffiths
Spokesperson, Go Help
info@gohelp.org.uk / dave@gohelp.org.uk

www.charityrallies.org
http://www.gohelp.org.uk/

Matthew John
mattrljohn@hotmail.com