Challenge 20
Join us in celebrating our 20th year of bringing health and hope to some of the world’s poorest places by organising a Challenge 20 Sponsored or Fundraising Event in 2024, to raise vital funds for MAI.
We are inviting you and your family, friends, colleagues and church members to dare to believe that together we can raise a total of £100,000 from all our Challenge 20 fundraising activities.
The money you raise will save lives and improve the health of people in desperate need, through MAI’s trusted partners, who are providing very poor communities with quality, affordable healthcare in Chad, South Sudan, India and South Africa.
So, dare to challenge yourself (whatever a challenge is for you), or organise a fundraising event with others.
Challenge yourself
Set yourself a physical challenge and ask friends to join or support you. You could do a sponsored walk, run, cycle, swim or paddle board for a distance which is a challenge to you, ideally ‘20’ something. Alternatively, you could organise a sporting tournament and charge people to enter.
Organise a social event
Have fun with friends, family, work colleagues or church members and organise a fundraising social event. You could bake and sell 20 cakes; host a breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, BBQ, dinner party, or movie night and charge people to come.
Organise a musical event
Entertain others by galvanising your local talent – aspiring musicians, singers, dancers and actors to perform voluntarily at a ticketed event at your church or another venue.
Do your own thing
Or you could do something of your own choosing. Register and receive your Challenge 20 MAI Fundraising Pack for more ideas and guidance. The possibilities are endless…
So are you up for the challenge? If so, get planning now!
First, register your Challenge 20 sponsored or fundraising event by emailing [email protected]. You will then receive your Fundraising Pack with top tips, fundraising & publicity ideas, event organiser’s check list, helpful guidelines and much more.
The difference your Challenge 20 Fundraising Event could make
Here are just a few examples of how the money you raise through a Challenge 20 sponsored or fundraising event could be used to save and improve lives:
Provide life-saving nutrition for children in Chad by supporting Guinebor II Hospital as they deliver a programme of Affordable Care for Pregnant Mothers & Malnourished Children
Bring a life line of support for patients with HIV, TB and chronic diseases through supporting Community Caregivers at Embo Primary Health Clinic, in a very poor community in South Africa
Save lives for years to come in India by helping Chinchpada Christian Hospital (CCH) raise funds to build a modernised and larger Intensive Care Unit to save the lives of even more critically ill patients in a very deprived area
Provide vital healthcare at Martha Primary Health Centre for desperately poor people in Yei, South Sudan
Pay in your fundraising money
Thank you so much for organising your Challenge 20 Fundraising Event and deciding to raise vital funds for MAI to ‘Bring Health and Hope’ to those of greatest need in Chad, South Sudan, India and South Africa.
Your efforts and funds raised will be invaluable and greatly appreciated by our trusted health partners as they work selflessly and tirelessly in challenging contexts daily, to save and improve the lives of poor and vulnerable people in desperate circumstances. Providing vital healthcare in Secondary Care Hospitals, Primary Health Clinics and in their Communities.
It’s easy to pay MAI your fundraised money:
Paying by post: please send your Challenge 20 cheque (made payable to Medic Assist International) and post to:
MAI, PO Box 1626, Oxford, OX4 9NF.
Paying manually into a Bank (cash or cheque):
Account Name: Medic Assist International
Account No: 00018761
Sort Code: 40-52-40
Please use ref: MAI C20
Paying online: please click the green button below and make the single payment.
Thank you and congratulations on completing your Challenge 20 Fundraising Event!
Tell us about your event
We would love to hear about what you are planning to do for Challenge 20 so we can share your sponsored challenge or fundraising event, and celebrate your success with other MAI Supporters. You can find out how to do this when you register and receive your Challenge 20 Fundraising Pack, by emailing: [email protected]
Joanna’s 2024 MAI ‘Challenge 20’ Sponsored Event – a 7 day 100 mile trek across Scotland
As you may remember MAI’s Fundraising Manager undertook a 100km solo trek across the Lake District (west to east) in 6-7 days during July 2023 to celebrate MAI’s 20th birthday week and launch ‘Challenge 20’, to inspire others to organise a sponsored or fundraising event, to raise vital funds for MAI. Joanna had no GPS, just a compass and 4 good old fashioned OS maps and battled her way through atrocious weather conditions; torrential rain, thunder and hail storms, 50mph winds at heights of 800m and successfully raised £1500 for MAI!
This year to raise funds for MAI as part of ‘Challenge 20’, Joanna will be trekking 100 miles across Scotland (16-22 May 2024), so if you are unable to organise your own fundraising event, please sponsor Joanna by visiting her JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/page/joanna-stapley-1713882656158
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