please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources makhad trust news newspapers books scholar jstor free images august 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message this article includes a list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message makhad trust type charity founded 29 october 2003 headquarters united kingdom website www.makhad.org the makhad trust is a uk charity that works to sustain the environment and the natural heritage of peoples living in the nomadic regions of the world . the organisation gained charitable status in 2003 registered no. 100377 . 1 contents 1 aims 2 work 2.1 sinai 2.2 tibet 2.3 funding 2.4 partners 3 sources 4 references 5 external links aims edit the word makhad in arabic means meeting place . the aim of the makhad trust is to provide a meeting place in nomadic regions of the world and to assist nomadic peoples who wish to restore their ancient connection to the land . working with local entrepreneurs the makhad trust helps these peoples in organising projects which promote sustainable living and protect their traditional cultures . 2 work edit sinai edit the makhad trust operates primarily in south sinai in the region of saint catherine s monastery but also in tibet and the arctic circle . the work of the trust includes the restoration of the ancient gardens of the bedouin tribes in the mountains of south sinai and the building of small dams which collect the water for these gardens . it assists in the building and restoration of drinking wells in the sinai desert plus the building of community schools a medicinal herb school a craft centre a computer centre and a bedouin museum . one of the most important ongoing projects is the restoration of ain khudra green spring an ancient oasis and settlement dating back to before the biblical exodus . 3 4 tibet edit in tibet projects include the restoration of buddhist prayer walls in the terton chogar gompa and the restoration of murals in the lukhang temple near llasa . funding edit this work is funded through charitable donations through sponsorship of a specific project by a series of working journeys in the sinai mountains or retreat journeys in the sinai desert and by grants from charitable trusts . partners edit the makhad trust works in partnership with the eden project jebeliya ngo egypt the centre for himalayan studies the buddhist association lhasa tibet the waldorf college project ruskin mill education trust sekem egypt and the isbourne foundation . sources edit times newspaper article harpers bazaar magazine article royal horticultural society on line magazine article references edit charity commission central register of charities modified from a statement published on makhad trust s own website egypt a feast of sand and stars . the telograph . 3 feb 2008 . retrieved august 15 2012 . sinai desert nomadic wonder . the independent . 27 january 2007 . retrieved august 15 2012 . external links edit official website website of 7 tribes desert endurance race retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title makhad trust & oldid 723859625 categories environmental charities based in the united kingdominternational environmental organizationsdevelopment charities based in the united kingdomhidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from august 2008all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking in text citations from february 2010all articles lacking in text citations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 june 2016 at 18 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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