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Check out the web sites of some of the schools, colleges and youth organizations that have visited Mongolia with Blue Bandana:

Expedition Steppes Eagle - www.steppes-eagle.org.uk
This expedition was run by the Middlesex Wing Air Training Corps during August/September 2005. Over forty cadets and staff came to Mongolia for a 19-day expedition which included horse trekking in the Darhad Valley, hiking through the Khoridol Saridag mountain range, and work on the renovation of the Renchinlum Kindergarten. Check out the web site for a record of their daily adventures in the expedition diary.

Fulcrum Challenge – www.fulcrum-challenge.org
Fulcrum Challenge is a UK-based charity organisation that runs development programmes for students studying 'A' Levels, Scottish Highers and GNVQs. Their programmes are designed to prepare outstanding and talented students for the transition to the world of business and social commitment over a 9-month period. Fulcrum has sent students from the Newcastle and Manchester areas in England.

Hadlev Udvidede Hojskole – www.huh-hojskole.dk
Hojskole started coming to Mongolia in the summer of 2003. Based in Copenhagen it is an institute for secondary school graduates who wish to spend a year out before university or work, but continue with some non certified studies. They spend 5 weeks in Mongolia: 3 weeks doing community work and 2 weeks on expedition.

Overseas Family School Singapore (OFS) - www.ofs.edu.sg
Students and teachers from OFS came to Mongolia for the first time in Spring 2004. The school has been building up relations with the Lotus Children's Centre since 2003 and has been doing some excellent work in raising awareness of the plight of homeless children in Mongolia, back in Singapore.

World Challenge Expeditions – www.world-challenge.co.uk
World Challenge is a UK-based company that specialises in the provision of leadership, teamwork and personal development training for young people. World Challenge has sent over 50 UK schools each for a 1 month expedition to Mongolia and China: some examples are Kesteven and Grantham Girls School, Royal Grammar School, St Conleth's College and Bearsden Academy.