Make Mongolia Smile

Make Mongolia Smile

Hello, my name is Egshiglen Ganbat and I am fundraising money for orphaned children in Mongolia to get through this harsh upcoming winter. Mongolia is a landlocked country in Asia, bordered by Russia and China. Poverty, being one of Mongolia's biggest challenges, causes 400,000 children or 14.5% of the entire population to live on the streets. Poverty can be destructive enough in a hot climate. However, in the severe winters of Mongolia, temperatures can drop to -30 degrees celcius, leaving orphans nothing but hope to last the winter. In addition to the dangerously cold winters, winter is the season where pollution climbs to its peak. During the wintertime, many Mongolians get warmth in the frosty and frigid temperatures by burning wood and coal in their yurts. Thus, this causes the pollution levels to reach 687 micrograms per cubic meter, which is 27 times the level that the World Health Organization recommends as safe.

Your donation will raise money to buy warm clothing, school supplies, books, masks - to shield from the polluted air, and anything else the orphaned children of the Living Hope orphanage in Mongolia will need to be at their healthiest this winter.