[SatNews] This company has supported British team Alpha Badger in the Mongolia Charity Rally, a pan-continental fundraising initiative for Go Help.

From London to the Mongol capital Ulaanbaatar—42 teams travelled across 10,000 miles and 17 countries for more than four weeks to raise money for improving education and healthcare across communities in Central Asia. Go Help also made sure the only vehicles participating would prove useful and be a benefit to the Mongol people, as each one would be donated, as part of the charitable aid, to a community at the finish.

Having successfully completed the rally, Alpha Badger raised over £6,000 and their Suzuki Carry van is now a mobile library, sharing books with a number of Mongolian communities.

NSSLGlobal assisted Alpha Badger by providing pre-event training, technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and a Thuraya XT satellite phone, while Thuraya donated complimentary airtime. Even from the remotest locations, this allowed the team to connect with the other fundraisers, stay in touch with the event organisers and share their experience with loved ones at home. The Thuraya XT was also used as a data router to access the internet within seconds through a high speed connection. This meant that Alpha Badger was able to conveniently access essential information including strict border control schedules whilst on the road.

On one particular occasion while in the middle of the Gobi Desert, Alpha Badger were able to help another team who had broken down in a river by using their satellite phone to obtain signal, find their GPS details, and call the organizers to arrange a rescue crew.