Winchester College is fundraising for Lotus Flower Trust

Winchester College - Ladakh 2012 Sabu Ayu Nunnery Extension

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Raising money for Lotus Flower Trust

Charity Registration No. 1127316

The Lotus Flower Trust raises money to build homes, schools and orphanages for poor children, whose parents often live on less than one dollar a day, and who live in the remote areas of India. The projects are chosen in conjunction with the local villagers. They are sustainable and have lasting benefit for the children, whose lives are changed for ever.

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14/06/2016

Raised: 32%

Target: £45,500.00
Raised so far: £14,751.34

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Having started in September 2011, 31 Men in the School and 3 Dons are attempting to cycle, run, swim and row the distance from Winchester College to Leh, the regional capital of Ladakh in Northern India. A total journey of 10,540km by road and 294km by sea which must be fitted in around academic and other sporting commitments. As of 3 Dec 11, the team have completed 4151km of the land journey and 244km of the sea track.

The aim of the event is to raise awareness of the Lotus Flower Trust, a charity that works with deprived children in India, and more specifically to raise money in order to construct an extension to the Sabu Ayu Nunnery. The nunnery will become home to young women who are either homeless, orphaned or unable to remain in the family home. The nunnery will become the centre of learning for Tibetan Buddhism for women in Ladakh

The team will travel to Ladakh in Aug 2012 to work on the project site and then make an attempt to climb Stok Kangri (6157m). It will be a very challenging but hugely rewarding expedition. The team must raise £50,000 for the Lotus Flower Trust to enable the build to take place. The team will be meeting the cost of the trip themselves, so every penny raised will directly benefit the nuns. Several boys have set up their own Just Giving Pages to raise funds for the project.

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	Well done in your golf in Elie with Dougal. Sorry this is so late... Have a great trip! lots of love, The Thains Donation by Gavin Thain on 10/05/12	£30.00 + £7.50 Gift Aid
	Well done Charlie! Much love Jessi Donation by Jessika Auerbach on 30/04/12	£680.00 + £170.00 Gift Aid
	Bert - challenge? You'll love it! Good luck and we'll look forward to hearing all about it. Donation by Bas and Adie on 23/04/12	£30.00 + £7.50 Gift Aid
	Great work Yiu Hei. We were in Leh last year. My cousin, Robert Footman, contacted us. What you are doing will make an enormous difference. Donation by Charles Law on 18/04/12	£100.00 + £25.00 Gift Aid
	Congratulations, not least on not losing a ball! Donation by Neil Seaton on 18/04/12	£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid
	Yiu Hei, well done! The time you spend in Ladakh will be short but the difference you will make will be long lasting. Donation by Jessica Ogilvy-Stuart on 18/04/12	£125.00
	Well played Charlie! Hope the trip is a success. Donation by The Hepburns on 18/04/12	£15.00 + £3.75 Gift Aid
	Well done Charlie, 100 holes at Elie is pretty impressive,Have a fab time. The Giddins Donation by Joanna Giddins on 18/04/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	Well done Charlie! Love from Granny and Grandpa Donation by Ronnie Irving on 17/04/12	£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid
	Go, Big Bro! Love from Hugo xxx Donation by Hugo Mayne on 16/04/12	£5.00 + £1.25 Gift Aid
	Yiu Hei Shek, your Mum passed on these details to me - this is a great project, in a very needy place. Thanks for sending the info. Good luck. Donation by Robert on 15/04/12	£500.00
	To Bert These are your cash donations from Imogen, The Peddies, The Adams, The Kerrs and Anthony and Camilla. Donation by Victoria Leach on 12/04/12	£125.00
	Well done Charlie Hope your handicap has plummeted with all that practise. Sounds a good cause, would love to hear about the trip. Love Tylersx Donation by Sarah Tyler on 11/04/12	£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid
	Charlie Well done So sorry our support has come late Down to our poor personal admin your parents will not be surprised !! Love The Melvins x Donation by David Melvin on 10/04/12	£250.00 + £62.50 Gift Aid
	Run, Bert, Run!! Good Luck from all the Barbers !!XXX Donation by Carol Barber on 09/04/12	£100.00
	Dear Hugo - wishing you every success. Arthur and Ellison Bishop Donation by William Bishop on 06/04/12	£100.00 + £25.00 Gift Aid
	Well done Dougal (and Charlie), great effort! x Donation by George Curwen on 05/04/12	£30.00 + £7.50 Gift Aid
	To Charlie and Dougal, from 3 kind strangers while you were playing your golf marathon! Donation by Anonymous on 03/04/12	£15.00 + £3.75 Gift Aid
	Donation by Nigel Knowles on 02/04/12	£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid
	Hi Dougal, we will be thinking about you tomorrow! Dad says keep your head down! xx Donation by Mum and Dad on 01/04/12	£100.00 + £25.00 Gift Aid
	Good luck Dougal Donation by Peter Binns on 30/03/12
	GOOD LUCK DOUGAL!! I hope it all goes well and the whole family will be supporting you. Donation by Kirstin Gray on 28/03/12	£20.00
	Dear Bert We will be thinking of you! All the Freemans Donation by Susie Freeman on 27/03/12	£25.00 + £6.25 Gift Aid
	Best of luck with the golf and the expedition. Donation by Nyren Scott-Malden on 27/03/12	£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid
	Charlie, best of luck with your golf! Hope it stays sunny! Love from Granny and Grandpa Donation by Anonymous on 26/03/12	£200.00 + £50.00 Gift Aid