Mad Yax for MECA

Team Mad Yax will take part in the 2018 Mongol Rally in order to raise vital funds for the Middle East Children's Alliance and CoolEarth.
The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) is a nonprofit humanitarian aid organization based in Berkeley, California. They support children and families in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon through:
●Direct aid including food, medicine, medical supplies, and clothes as well as books, toys and school supplies. Since 1988, they have sent more than $21 million in aid to children in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon
● Financial support and professional assistance to community organizations in the West Bank and Gaza that help meet Palestinian children’s needs, including clinics, kindergartens, counseling centers, libraries; accessible parks and playgrounds; sports teams, and dance, music and art programs
●Educational and cultural programs in the US and internationally to increase understanding about the lives of children in the Middle East and the impact of US foreign policy on people in the region.
●University scholarships for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
●Providing clean water to children in Palestine by installing water purification and desalination units in schools and kindergartens in the Gaza Strip.
MECA has come highly recommended by our friends at Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign who are very familiar with their work.

The first £500 of each Mongol Rally teams fundraising goes to Cool Earth. Cool Earth is a charity that works along side indigenous villages to halt rainforest destruction.

On completion of the rally, team treasurer John Maher will withdraw funds and send a cheque to our two charities along with an extra 10% of the total, donated by us at Team Mad Yax