The Mongolia Charity Rally is the charity rally from

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to the capital of

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. The Mongolia Charity Rally is organised by Charity Rallies, part of Go Help, a UK-based charity.

Adventure

Participants start the trip from a Mongolian Naadam festival in London,

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. 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

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page, before departing. The main beneficiary of the 2008 and 2009 Mongolia Charity Rally was

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. The Mongolia Charity Rally launches from

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, London. Go Help and the Mongolian Association organise a Mongolian

Naadam Naadam (Mongolian Naadam Festival) ( mn, Наадам, classical Mongolian: ''Naɣadum'', , ''literally "games"'') is a traditional festival celebrated in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and Tuva Republic. The festival is also locally termed "eriin gurva ...

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, a UK television network.

Routes

The main routes to Mongolia are either the Northern Route, from London to Mongolia via

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, or the Southern Route, via

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and Russia.

Entry fees

The Mongolia Charity Rally charges an entry fee that is aimed at covering the costs of running the event. 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.Mongolian television feature on Go Help and the CDPF to provide riding helmets to Child Jockeys in Mongolia
/ref> 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.

References

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Press Coverage of the Mongolia Charity Rally

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
Automotive events Rally competitions in Mongolia Road rallying Sport in Mongolia Motorsport in Asia

Adventure

Routes

Entry fees

See also

References

Press Coverage of the Mongolia Charity Rally