Charity
The Lotus Children's Centre Charitable Trust is dedicated to providing care, accommodation support and education to orphaned, abused, and abandoned children in Mongolia. The Lotus Children's Centre was set up in 1993 by Australian Didi Kalika, who started simply by giving food and basic medical care to children living on the streeets of Ulaanbaatar. She soon realised that more was needed, and with the help of friends built a small home for the children in the ger district of Yarmag, on the outskirts of the capital. Harsh economic conditions in Mongolia resulted in more babies and children being abandoned, and the project grew. In 1997 Didi founded a kindergarten, and this was then followed by The Lotus Primary School. Since then Lotus has cared for and educated up to 150 children at any one time, in small family units each looked after by a housemother. As the children have grown up there has been an increasing emphasis on vocational training programmes to prepare them for adulthood. Lotus also runs a Guesthouse in Ulaanbaatar staffed almost exclusively by ex-Lotus children, which not only provides employment as the older children leave school, but also generates profits which contribute towards the running costs of the Centre. In 2009 Didi Kalika was awarded the Order of Australia for her services to the street children of Mongolia.
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The Mustache Ride's fundraising page
We've signed up for the 2012 Mongol Rally!
We are a crack squad, turn of the century team of Troubadours:
An Explorer, a Bombadier, an Engineer, and a Scientist.
We've got moustaches and we mean business.
Through Virgin Money Giving, you can sponsor us and donations will be quickly processed and passed to the charity we've chosen. We really appreciate all your support and thank you for any donations.
Recent donors
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Miika £35.00 (+ £8.75 giftaid) 01.08.12 from MIIKA - Enjoy the motherland! |
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Pat and Dan £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 30.07.12 Love your website and updates. So much fun to donate. |
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Phat Kat £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 03.07.12 |
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Heather and Ryan £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 03.07.12 Happy Travels and keep safe! |
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CC £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 03.07.12 Have fun Jonathan and the rest of the mustache gang! |
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D £20.00 03.07.12 Peeps be totes jels @ 6:36. |
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Miss Megan £200.00 29.06.12 Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail -RWE Blaze a trail Gentlemen! |
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Jessie £20.00 26.06.12 Happy Trails! |
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Tonemaster £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 25.06.12 |
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Ben £100.00 25.06.12 Safe travels! |
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Betty Jackson £120.00 (+ £30.00 giftaid) 18.06.12 Hi Guys - this donation comes from Jamies family - Jacksons - Mom, Grammie, Pearl, Carol & Grace, sister Elizabeth . Best of Luck - |
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Ricky Bobby £32.00 (+ £8.00 giftaid) 09.06.12 Shake and bake! |
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Mark Bryan £50.00 17.05.12 You lucky ****... this has long been a dream of mine as well... do it now! get to the choppa! |
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Lindsay £50.00 01.05.12 Good luck guys! |
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Anonymous £30.00 25.04.12 |
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Wayne £20.00 25.04.12 Go team Baffi! It's good to have some geographers on a road trip. |
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Los Dregs £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 21.04.12 Godspeed. Don't forget to Not Shave! |
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Marissa Hare £50.00 21.04.12 Hope you and the staches make it through in one piece! Have fun. |
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Anonymous £20.00 04.04.12 |
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boricua £20.00 18.03.12 My best wishes for your awesome trip! |
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Anonymous £70.00 17.03.12 |
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Hulk Hogan £20.00 16.03.12 I probably ate 20 dollars worth of cheese wiz a few weekends ago. I think I still owe you money. |
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MB £15.00 (+ £3.75 giftaid) 16.03.12 |
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MoNi £20.00 09.02.12 Have lots of fun and come back in one piece! |
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Ma and Pa Murphy £100.00 05.02.12 You're living life large!! Enjoy the ride! Come home safe!! |
