Turquoise Mountain Trust is fundraising for
Turquoise Mountain Trust
Charity No. SC037343
We are running and biking 1,000 miles around the world to raise support for a community health clinic and pandemic response in Kabul.
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Thank you - a successful campaign!
Thank you so much for supporting our Mountain Miles campaign. With your support, we raised over £23,000 ($33,000) in grassroots donations to provide free healthcare for families in the Old City of Kabul, enough to run our community clinic for months.
To all of you who contributed, and to the many friends who ran or biked (over 1,500 miles in total!), thank you.
Thank you again, from all of us at Turquoise Mountain!
The Final Miles!
Dear Friends
As we enter the final days of our current Crowdfunder, Mountain Miles, we would like to say a special thank you to all those who have kindly donated and taken part.
If you haven't had a chance yet, please join us in this effort to provide families in Kabul with much-needed healthcare: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/mountain-miles
The Ferozkoh Family Health Centre has served over 130,000 patients to date, providing pediatric and maternal-child health services, psychosocial counselling, and other essential services to the community of Murad Khani in Kabul. Just $50 can provide patient care to one family, so every donation counts.
Thank you for your support!
THANK YOU TO THE OVER 100 SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO FAR (many before this page was even launched) and the dozens of people who have run and biked OVER 1400 MILES SO FAR!
The pandemic is far from over, and supporting communities in need around the world is more important than ever in the critical months ahead.
What we're doing: Turquoise Mountain staff, friends and supporters around the world are coming together to run and bike over 1,000 "Mountain Miles" collectively, with a 30-mile bike ride through the hills of the California coast, a run along the coast of Cornwall, and runs through the beautiful landscapes of Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.
Why it's important:"Mountain Miles" will support The Ferozkoh Family Health Centre, an urban clinic established and operated by Turquoise Mountain.
- This clinic provides community-oriented primary health care and family medicine in the heart of the Old City of Kabul, Afghanistan.
- The clinic specializes in maternal-child health and community health outreach
- It has served over 130,000 patients over the last decade (70% of whom are women).
- It is run on an efficient, streamlined budget – for $50 we can provide patient care to one family.
We invite everyone to get involved:
- You can pledge a donation in support of the runners and bikers, for example $1 or £1 for each mile we collectively ride and run.
- You can run or bike any distance yourself to help us reach our goal - take a photo/video and let us know!
- You can share the campaign and our Crowdfunder page – through your mailing list, social media (tag @turquoisemountain or #mountainmiles), or just by reaching out to three friends who might want to help!
Please join us in this community effort.
One visit to the clinic costs only $50 per family, and all funds raised in this campaign will go directly toward the cost of the clinic.
We know that resources will be stretched across many important causes in the months ahead – even a modest contribution can have a massive impact in such a vulnerable community.
All of us at Turquoise Mountain - from Kabul to Jordan to the US and UK - offer our sincerest thanks for your support.
Donation Details:
UK donations are eligible for Gift Aid.
To make a tax deductible US donation to the 501c3 Turquoise Mountain Foundation go to www.turquoisemountain.org/donate - this will still be counted towards this project!
If you have questions about supporting this effort via a donor-advised fund, US tax-deductible contributions, or anything else, please contact [email protected].
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13th May 2021Posted a new update
Yasmin Jan Anjum
6th May 2021 at 5:42pmLove and very best wishes in everything you do, have done & achieved in the last 15 years. xxx
Anonymous
6th May 2021 at 5:41pmpledged £800 + an est. £200.00 in Gift Aid
Wilma Shepherd
6th May 2021 at 11:53amThanks for what you do in such trying times
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Susan Smith
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Linda Callan
5th May 2021 at 6:06pmThank you for all you do, your efforts make SUCH a difference.
Linda Callan
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Alexis Doreen Fielder
5th May 2021 at 4:12pmThank you for updating your followers, Rory. See far too little of you on TV nowadays...so glad when Tobias Elwood is available! God Bless you...might have known you were beavering away on some good cause. Will enjoy reading more. Thank you! Alexis
Alexis Doreen Fielder
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john hatt
5th May 2021 at 4:07pmthis brings excellent bank for the buck
john hatt
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