MONGOL RALLY CHARITY FUNDRAISER 2015

The Mongol Charity Rally July 19th 2015

TEAM: ARE WE THERE YET

Just 4 guys who’ll be living their life in a car, For 4ish weeks,  rallying 10,000+ miles from the London UK to Ulan Ude Siberia

The rules of the Rally are simple…

1. You can only take a farcically small vehicle 1L or less 2.  You’re completely on your own 3. You've got to raise at least  £1000 for charity

That’s it!!!!- How we get there is up to us…..

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But Before we do it we'll need some assistance, your assistance, see  ten-thousand miles + is quite a long distance in a 1litre or less car!  Not to mention the same to return, that’s why we need to start early…

Let us introduce ourselves. We are a group of adventurers fundraising  in order to take part in a charity road rally called

The Mongol Rally 2015. We call ourselves ARE WE THERE YET , in our  team are Myself - (Andrew Takle), Andrew Ely, George Hockin &  Lewis Don who have known each other since wee boys.

Our team, along with some 300 others, will be travelling past  countless landmarks, tourist attractions, lakes, seas, deserts, cities  and mountain ranges as each vehicle makes their own unique route  through countless countries.

There is no set path and no support, we will be on our own facing the  very real threat of carjacking and kidnappings, Bribery and robberies.....

All things which have happened in past rallies.

The rare trip offers a once in a lifetime adventure 1 of the best  things we could do in our lives and all for charity. We are under no  illusions that this will be easy, we cant even begin to imagine the  dangers we will face along the way. But along the route we will  experience a wide range of cultures and spices and even nod or smile  if we don’t quite understand the language being used. which could be a  problem since none of us speak a foreign language. we'll be able to  share our journey around the world by recording our trip with lots of  videos with our onboard dash cam and take many many photos. And yes we  are 4 grown men in our twenty’s who will feel like teenagers again.

We will also be supporting 3 charities, The RNLI, Dorset &  Somerset Air Ambulance and Cool Earth..

Cool Earth is the official charity of the Mongol Rally and is  supported by every team taking part in the race.

One of the rally rules state that at least a £1000 needs to be raised  for charity half of which can be donated to our chosen charity the  RNLI. But we also felt that the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance  was another local worthy cause so will raise extra in order to give to both.

This trip requires a massive amount of planning and funding We will  be driving through harsh environments Your donation here on this page  will help us cover a few of the initial fees and expenses involved in  the Rally. We need to pay a deposit of £1000 to ensure no cars are  abandoned along the way, a £ 500 entry fee but the biggest cost would  be the car’s own passport which could cost up £850 depending on the  countries we choose to drive through. Not to mention the visa’s and  additional driving permits etc etc as a donor you’ll be able to check  my face book page and check the progress of the trip and help us raise  money for the chosen charities

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GET THE WORD OUT!

And thank you for your support.

We do have 1 sponsor so far, a local motor factors, Minehead Motor  Factors will be donating car parts/service items etc for an advert  space on our car. So thanks for that And equally we will be  approaching other local/national companys for possible sponsorship too  since this will be a global event.

 

THE CHARITIES:

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The Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance

The Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance is a

registered charity, which uses a helicopter to provide an air  ambulance service to the English counties of Dorset and Somerset.

Typical incidents for which the assistance of the air ambulance is  requested by South Western Ambulance Service, include road traffic  collisions and horse riding accidents, due to the remote locations and  the severity of injuries involved in such incidents.

The helicopter is leased from Bond Air Services and costs in excess  of £4,000 per day to run and this money has to be raised largely from  charitable donations. The charity is supported by volunteers spread  across the two counties who work to raise funds to ensure that this  service continues. It also runs a weekly lottery which has, to date,  over 50,000 members.

 

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a registered charity  that saves lives at sea. It provides the 24-hour on-call service to  cover search and rescue requirements out to 100 nautical miles from  the coast of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and a seasonal  beach lifeguard service on appropriate beaches in the south west of  England. The RNLI is independent from Government and continues to rely  on voluntary contributions and legacies for its income.

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COOL EARTH

We know that saving the rainforest isn’t a new idea. Managing to do  it is.

Over the last 40 years, half the world’s rainforests have been  destroyed. That’s why Cool Earth decided to go about things differently.

We don’t create reserves or put up fences. We don’t buy land.  Instead, we put indigenous people back in control of the world’s most  endangered rainforest. These people have lived in the forest for  countless generations. Their homes are now on the frontline of  deforestation. They have the most to lose from deforestation.

Cool Earth is now working alongside 65 rainforest villages throughout  the world. These partner villages are protecting over 350,000  acres of forest that lie directly in the path of chainsaws and bulldozers.

The clever part is that this forest is forming a shield to make the  neighbouring forest inaccessible to loggers – saving millions of acres  of further forest.

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?THANKYOU  :)

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