For 10 days in September, Terry Cassells – a Narooma resident – will be participating in the Mongolia Challenge run by the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation – a small charity achieving much for vulnerable children in Mongolia and Vietnam.
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In addition to individual donations, Terry will be holding a fundraising Trivia Night at the Narooma Sports and Gamefishing Club on the evening of this Saturday, August 20 at 6pm. Charlie Bettini to host.
The Noble Challenge will involve Terry testing his mettle – along with 22 other participants from Australia, the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and the US – over three active sections of mountain biking, hiking and horse riding.
The specific purpose of Terry’s participation in the Challenge is to raise money for the Blue Skies Ger Village in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. The Village is a flagship project of the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation in Mongolia.
Genghis Khan, horses, wolves and gers epitomize the traditional Mongolian nomadic way of life. Sadly, this way of life has been coming under severe economic pressure in recent times, resulting in high levels of migration from the countryside to the city.
Many flocked to Ulaanbaatar, living in the city’s ger districts with limited employment opportunities and little access to basic utilities like running water, sewerage and electricity. Unfortunately, as is often the case in communities blighted by social adversity, it is the children who suffer the most.
The Blue Skies Ger Village directly addresses this blight by providing a safe and loving emergency shelter for street children, orphans and other children at risk in the capital. It’s one of many projects through which the Foundation seeks to break the cycle of poverty and give all children the childhood they deserve … by providing them with the necessary medical care, education and shelter to live and sleep in peace, surrounded by love.
Terry is aiming to raise $6,000 for the Village by participating in the Mongolia Noble Challenge. All the money raised will go directly to the Foundation.
To help Terry help the children, he is asking for sponsorship in the Mongolia Noble Challenge.
To make fundraising easy and transparent, the Foundation has created Terry’s own online fundraising page on the Everdayhero fundraising platform. Every donation is recorded on this page, along with any message of support donors may wish to make, with all donations going directly to the Foundation.
To make a donation, go to his fundraising page at this link, and then click the Give Now button:
To get more information …
Christina Noble Children’s Foundation
The Foundation’s mission is to ‘give to children their childhood’. Christina herself was a former street child from Dublin. She and her four siblings were raised in the slums of the Liberties by their mother while their father frittered away the family money on drinking. ‘NOBLE’, a Hollywood movie released in 2014, chronicles her life and how the Foundation began.
More information on the Foundation may be found at: www.cncf.org.au
Australian Office of the Foundation
The Melbourne National Office manages the sponsorship of over 300 children in Vietnam and Mongolia, as well as supporter volunteers who raise money via various school and community activities (such as the Mongolia Noble Challenge) for projects in both countries. The Melbourne Office is run by Kirrily Graham ( kirrily.graham@cncf.org ).
More information on the National Office may be found at: www.cncf.org.au
Mongolia Noble Challenge
Find out more about the Mongolia Noble Challenge here: www.cncf.org/mongolia-challenge.html
