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 Lansdown Tour 2012's fundraising page
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'The Lansdown Tour 2012' is raising money for The Lotus Children's Centre' in Ulaanbaatar through CHALLENGE 100. This is a new charity founded by Kate Welham and Charles Yaxley (registration pending) which is seeking to raise money from and through the Pub and Drinks industry to support literacy and education in The UK and overseas. Support has been given by Punch Taverns, Admiral Taverns and St Austell Brewery who are all providing the impetus and and access to the industry and to pubs to enable Challenge 100 to do its work. The Mongol rally is the first of our ventures.
The Tourists:
Emily Hingston James Bessex
Nick Wootton Charles Yaxley
We are paying for the cost of the trip and your donation will go towards the van, which is auctioned off in Mongolia and these proceeds along with your donations will go straight to the The Lotus Children's Centre
Please give generously...remember that £10 buys less than 3 pints of beer here but goes a whole lot further in Mongolia!
Recent donors
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Gavin and Lucinda Knight £100.00 01.10.12 Well done - what an adventure! |
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Annabell Campbell £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 15.09.12 So sorry to hear of the problems you had with your vehicle from your Mother. Hope this helps towards your excellent cause. A Campbell |
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Avril Murray £30.00 (+ £7.50 giftaid) 05.09.12 Whoops- a bit late & nothing to do with wanting to know you'd completed first i promise-just bad memory & time management. Look forward to tales of the adventure. Well dome & i hope late donation doesn't make it complicated. |
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Greta and Peter Yaxley £25.00 (+ £6.25 giftaid) 19.08.12 Looks as if you are having a great time. |
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Majella & Duncan £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 12.08.12 Well done guys, im sure the charity will be pleased with all you raised x |
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Sue Wootton £25.00 (+ £6.25 giftaid) 12.08.12 Very well done. What an adventure. Love to all |
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Jon Godfrey & Alex Clohosey £30.00 (+ £7.50 giftaid) 07.08.12 Glad you are back on the road. Good luck for the rest of the trip! |
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Lavinia Lawson £30.00 (+ £7.50 giftaid) 07.08.12 Good luck - it's a very worthy cause x |
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Ma&Pa Hingston £100.00 (+ £25.00 giftaid) 06.08.12 Proud of you all!!! |
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Simon & Debs £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 05.08.12 Good luck. Let's hope you not stuck in Khazakstan for too much longer! |
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Tom prosser £15.00 (+ £3.75 giftaid) 04.08.12 Keep going! |
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Jonathan Watts £25.00 (+ £6.25 giftaid) 03.08.12 Bonkers !!! But I hope you make it. |
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The Russells £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 30.07.12 Well done the team,free Doom Bar on your return !! |
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Jonathan, Bish, Annie & Barney Slot £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 23.07.12 Brilliant. Best of luck Team Lansdown |
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Anonymous £25.00 (+ £6.25 giftaid) 20.07.12 |
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Karen & Sam McMahon £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 20.07.12 Good luck guys! Thanks for the FB updates :) |
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Anonymous £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 19.07.12 |
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Squilliam £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 18.07.12 Good luck Emily |
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Anonymous £40.00 (+ £10.00 giftaid) 16.07.12 Enjoy yourself, but please take care. |
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marion britton £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 15.07.12 Go Go Go James. best wishes x |
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Becky "Yonah" Coates £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 15.07.12 Kenny Rogers and I wish you luck. |
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Hines £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 13.07.12 let the sparkleforce be with you both!!!!If in doubt sparkle it out & if in real real doubt pink sparkle it out!!! |
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Ben Melarickas £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 13.07.12 Enjoy your summer adventure! Good luck! |
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Jonny & Siobhan £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 12.07.12 Best of luck. We'll see you all for a richly deserved pint upon your arrival home! x |
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Jill and Tom £20.00 11.07.12 Best of luck - Enjoy! See you in Budapest... |
