2007-CHRISTINA NOBLE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION

Beneficiaries of the project inside their ger. Source: Christina Noble Children’s Foundation

Exterior view of a ger. Source: Christina Noble Children’s Foundation

A family with its new ger. Source: Christina Noble Children’s Foundation

A young man in front of his new home. Source: Christina Noble Children’s Foundation

One of the beneficiaries of the project in front of the entrance of her ger. Source: Christina Noble Children’s Foundation

Interior of one of the new houses. Source: Christina Noble Children’s Foundation

Social Issue

Winters in Mongolia are unimaginably hard, making Ulan Bator (Ulaanbaatar) the coldest capital in the world. The temperature often stays at -30ºC for weeks and lows of -40ºC are nothing unusual. There are many people of very little means that live piled up in shacks or even on the landings of staircases inside buildings.

Our Response

This Project consisted of the construction of 20 gers (traditional Mongolian canvas dwellings) for 20 poor families, equipped with a kitchen with a chimney that is used as a stove, two beds, and a washbasin. The ger is the traditional dwelling of nomadic Mongolian peasants and consists of a felt tent (resistant to the area’s freezing temperatures) and an internal wooden structure to hold it up.

Expected Social Impact

The donation of these gers has not only made it possible to get these families and children away from the incredibly unhealthy conditions in which they lived but also to increase their sense of security, hope, and optimism about the future.

This project has also helped to reactivate the local economy by purchasing the construction materials and the stove/kitchen, beds, and sink from local suppliers.

As always, this is just a drop of help in an ocean of need, but it has changed the life of Battulga.