Mongolian Children's Project
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Children bear the brunt of a collapsing social structure in Mongolia. |
The severe climatic conditions of Mongolia
create incredible difficulties for homeless children who roam the streets
of Ulaanbaatar.
Maitreya Charity aims to lift the burden these children
carry of struggling merely to survive.
Kindergarten Project
The kindergarten in Mongolia is the equivalent of primary schools
up to the age of 8 years. It comes under the Government Education Authority,
but the parents have to contribute to the food the children are given.
This costs €12/$15/£10 a month for each child, which poor families
cannot afford. But without these early years at kindergarten, when the
children join the secondary school at 8 years they are already behind.
Last year we renovated two rooms in the kindergarten
nearest our centre, and now provide care for 35 children between the ages
of 3-8 years. In the kindergarten they are given three meals a day, in
a warm, caring and learning environment. We provide warm clothes and boots
for the children. Because the children are being cared for it means the
parents can look for work without worry. Older children can go to school
instead of being used as child minders for younger siblings.
I still need sponsors for these children - €12/$15/£10 a month
for each child
Hot meal project
25 more children are provided with a hot meal on the way
to school, as well as copy books pencils etc. and as necessary warm clothes.
Rinpoche's Center also provides a quiet, warm room for the young people
to do homework.
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Through the presence of Geshe Lhawang Gyaltsen, Panchen Otrul Rinpoche's senior monk in Mongolia, life has greatly improved for an increasing number of children and young people |
Sponsoring
We continue to sponsor many young people through college and university.
This year one young women who had been sponsored for four years qualified
as an accountant. She now has a job and supports her whole family. This
was my aim in sponsoring her.
Without an education youngsters are trapped in a cycle of unemployment and poverty. We sponsor families to keep children in school. We provide books, school equipment, and warm clothes for the winter months when many cannot go outside for lack of suitable clothing.
Sponsors
are needed in the West for as many individuals as
possible, giving them the opportunity to attend school with other children.
Can you help? Please contact
us.
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Please contact us now to help.
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Teaching English During the summer of 2005 80 children were given
English lessons on a daily basis, taken to the Traditional theatre,
and out to the countryside for a days picnic.
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