Team No Turning Yak

Amanda Luther

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Daniel Sack

Despite having no qualitifactions, I've somehow been nominated as team chief of ambulance procurement & maintenance. This does not bode well...

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Kerry McGraw

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Alexandra Sack

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<p>Our fearless quartet of Amanda Luther, Kerry McGraw, and Lexi and Dan Sack is driving an ambulance approximately 10,000 miles from London to Mongolia in order to raise money for a couple of incredible charities as part of this summer's Mongol Rally (<a href="http://www.mongolrally.theadventurists.com/">www.mongolrally.theadventurists.com</a>), and we need your support!</p><p>Once we arrive in Ulaanbaatar, we will be donating our ambulance to the people of Mongolia.&nbsp; Emergency vehicles are critical components of health care delivery systems, but they&rsquo;re expensive, so poor countries like Mongolia (where 1/3 of the population lives in poverty) don&rsquo;t have enough.&nbsp; In order to deliver the vehicle, we need your help -- used ambulances cost more than $6000! Additionally, we&rsquo;re raising money for Christina Noble Children&rsquo;s Foundation in Mongolia (<a href="http://www.cncf.org/en/home/index.php">http://www.cncf.org/en/home/index.php</a>), and Kiva (<a href="http://www.kiva.org/">http://www.kiva.org/</a>).&nbsp; We&rsquo;ll split the money raised (after the cost of the ambulance) between these two charities:</p><ul><li><strong>Christina Noble Children&rsquo;s Foundation (CNCF)</strong>&nbsp;is doing incredible work in Mongolia.&nbsp; The money we and other Mongol Rally participants raise will go towards supporting the Blue Skies Ger Village, which cares for abandoned kids in Ulaanbaatar.&nbsp; About 1/3 of Mongolians are under the age of 18, they&rsquo;re the future of the country, and so your donations will help give a few more of those kids a fair shot at life!&nbsp;<strong>(Please&nbsp;support our team by donating to CNCF&nbsp;here: </strong><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/NoTurningYak"><strong>www.justgiving.com/NoTurningYak</strong></a><strong>)</strong></li><li><strong>Kiva</strong> provides funding to microfinance institutions around the globe.&nbsp; These microfinance institutions provide tiny loans to individuals to start and grow their businesses.&nbsp; For individuals living in poverty with no access to banks, these microloans can be their ticket out of poverty.&nbsp; We think that&rsquo;s pretty sweet! Plus, Dan worked for Kiva for awhile, and can attest to it being a well-run nonprofit (which we think is pretty critical)!&nbsp; Half of the money raised for Kiva will be used to finance microloans, while half will be donated to Kiva itself.</li></ul><p>We would greatly appreciate any support you can provide to these causes!&nbsp; And please help us spread the word! </p><p><span style="color: #1f497d">Please follow our progress at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/noturningyak">http://www.facebook.com/noturningyak</a> as we navigate across two continents and learn more about people and places that most Westerners don't experience.</span></p><p>THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!<br />The No Turning Yak team<br />(Amanda, Dan, Lexi, and Kerry)</p>