Automated Packaging Systems (APS) is sponsoring two students to drive an ambulance to Mongolia to raise money for charity.

APS is donating an ambulance for the 10,000-mile London to Mongolia rally to raise money for Save the Children. The sponsorship also coincides with APS's 25th anniversary of operating in Europe.

Students Alice Paisley and Juliet Waud will be driving the ambulance, which will be sold for local use upon arrival in Mongolian capital Ulaan Baatar. The funds raised will go to Save the Children.

APS European marketing manager Mike Healey said: "We wanted to find a way to mark our anniversary and have chosen to support Save the Children and its vital work in improving child welfare, education and health in Mongolia."

Save the Children's Olivia Zinzan said: "We are grateful to supporters, such as APS, who enable us to work hard for the rights of every child, and stop millions of young people dying each year."

US firm APS supplies a range of bagging machinery, materials and associated services.