99.3% of all goods we have here in the UAE come to us by sea. These are brought to us by thousands of seafarers from across the world. Without these seafarers spending many months away from their families and loved ones, our lives here in the in the UAE would be very different. These seafarers often are working without the basic facilities that we all take for granted, a telephone to phone home, internet facilities to look at photos of family, a shop to buy presents or simply an impartial ear to listen to your problems. The Angel Appeal offers all these facilities and more via its seafarers support vessel - the Flying Angel. She goes out 7 days a week between daylight hours and offers many lonely and isolated seafarers a little taste of home.

Give something back to those who bring us almost everything we have - run for the Angel Appeal.

We are offering help with training and fundraising, transfers to and from the race from Dubai as well as a race goody bag! Minimum fundraising target is Dhs 1,000 per person; both individuals and teams are welcome. Prizes will be given for the fastest individual/team, most fundraised and best dressed! For more information about the charity please see our link and contact email above. Join us - and give something back!

Whether you're already registered for the race or wondering about doing so, it's not too late to do some good at the same time to Give Kids A Chance Around The World!
Gulf for Good (G4G) organizes exciting adventure challenges around the world inspiring people to do something unusual.  Participants raise funds, which are then donated to handpicked children's charities in the region where the challenge is held, with four main objectives:

• to bring together Gulf nationals and residents in a good cause
• to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to push their own limits
• to show people the value and enjoyment of motivation, commitment and helping others
• to raise large sums for worthwhile projects

Our policy is not simply to hand out money, but rather to identify important and well thought-out projects that will use the funds wisely.  Where necessary, we work closely with other charities to ensure that money is properly allocated and spent and no future misuse is made of anything paid for by G4G.   All expenditures are approved and monitored by the G4G's accountants, auditors and Board of Governors.

To date, 30 challenges in 17 countries involving over 600 participants of 36 nationalities have raised more than US$1.5 million for needy causes around the world.

We're not setting a minimum fundraising target, just do your best - we can give advice on fundraising and training and are hoping to have some great t-shirts made for anyone doing the Run for Good!   We will also be hosting a water station and information table on the day, so there'll be a great team atmosphere and somewhere for your supporters to mingle.
So, make a difference ... Run for Good and help Gulf for Good give kids a chance around the world.

The Ras Al Khaimah Animal Welfare Centre (RAK AWC) is an animal sanctuary funded by the Government of Ras Al Khaimah, with the patronage of His Highness, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah.

The RAK AWC was opened in 2010. It is located in the Al Qusaidat district of Ras Al Khaimah. The shelter contains of dog habitat building with 28 rooms and cat habitat building with 15 rooms. Additionally, animal housing includes small outdoor areas, such as an outdoor dog run, where all the dogs are able to run off-leash, socialise and enjoy life as a dog. The facility also consists of the administration building with an office, clinic, pet shop and an adoption room, in which animals and their potential future owners have time and space to get to know each other.

The shelter was the idea of Melissa Davis and progressed to a stage where an experienced veterinarian Dr Terri Hutchinson was recruited in October 2010. Since this time, the shelter manager Ellen Quanjer, the new veterinarian Chenjerai Sigauke, a few employees and many volunteers, are helping the shelter to grow into a centre of excellence where the stray and domestic animals of Ras Al Khaimah can receive all necessary care.

Our mission is to help all of the animals of Ras Al Khaimah.

We do this by:

• finding suitable homes for as many abandoned or tame dogs and cats as possible
• humanely trapping, sterilizing, and releasing feral cats and village dogs to reduce the population living on the streets
• providing Ras al Khaimah with a Cattery Service, a Veterinary Clinic and a Pet Retail Store that serve as revenue-generating components for the project
• providing medical treatment for injured animals, to both stray and pet animals
• humanely euthanizing animals (cats, dogs, donkeys, camels, goats, etc) that are severely ill or injured.
• promoting responsibility in pet ownership (spay/neuter/vaccinate/microchip/register)
• educating the public about the Animal Welfare Law and implement it in the community
• increasing public awareness of animal issues through school and community events

We're not setting a minimum fundraising target, just do your best, any money you raise will be used to help the animals on the streets of Ras Al Khaimah, even a small amount can make a big difference. We hope to provide you with a RAWC running shirt, or a RAWC bib to wear over your own favourite running kit. We'll be there on the day with some of our best behaved animals to bark and meow you on, so you'll easily be able to spot us! If you'd like to support us, but don't think your legs will carry you around the full half marathon route, get a team together and have some fun running 5k each, it's not as hard as you might think! This is a great opportunity to support a local charity in Ras Al Khaimah, so get your own two legs moving in support of our four legged friends!