The Two Mongoleers story (the first version)

An Enfield man is set to drive from Goodwood, Chichester to the Capital of Mongolia raising money for local homeless children.

Paul Evans, 32, of Bush Hill Park, Enfield, and his co-driver Laura Over, 32, will embark a 10,000 miles adventure driving across 14 countries towards Ulaanbaatar in the coming summer.

The pair, dubbed as The Two Mongoleers, are one of 280 UK teams participating in The Mongol Rally 2010 to raise money for The Christina Noble Children’s Foundation, Cancer Research UK, and The Neurofibromatosis Association.

Laura Over, Paralegal at asb law in Crawley, Sussex, said: “We are aiming to raise £2,000 for the charities, and so far we have already raised £800.

“These money raised for The Christina Noble Children’s Foundation will go directly to the schools in Ulaanbaatar, will help rescue homeless children’s education, welfare, and provide housing and clothing for them.

“Money raised for The Neurofibromatosis Association will help their medical research as well as for those who are affected.”

Paul, event manager at IMRG, said: “We aim to help charities. It is a case that at the moment there are lots of debts going around; a lot of people are not well off and we should not always think of ourselves.

“It is also an opportunity to do something different. It is about change, to see the world, to meet people, and push yourself out of the comfort zone. It is about crossing the countries without any backing.”

Laura said at the moment they are busy preparing their trip, arranging visas, finding out routes, getting equipments and medical injections.

So far the pair has attracted three sponsorships, including Jefferies Farm, asb law and The Legal Executive Journal, and they will also be driving a Iitre VW Polo donated by Jefferies Farm.

If you would like to sponser The Two Mongoleers or know more about their adventure, you can visit them at www.thetwomongoleers.co.uk

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