Mongolia Needs Our Help
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Mongolia is a nation trying to find its roots. Traditionally a Buddhist country, with the break up of the Soviet Union and after 70 years of communism, in 1990 came freedom of expression and movement. However, it has also brought inflation, unemployment, and for many people, the insecurity of severe poverty. A huge shanty town has developed around Ulaanbaatar. Living conditions are cramped and unhygienic; unemployment and violent crime are rife. Many households are headed by women who are the poorest sector of the society. They struggle continuously to provide for their families, and many of the children end up on the streets or at the orphanage. Young girls turn to prostitution.
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Mongolia is a country closely
tied to precarious weather conditions, with temperatures reaching -40
C in winter and
+40 C in summer. In the last few years Mongolia has suffered unbearable
weather conditions that have killed millions of livestock on which the
native herders rely.
Herders cannot exist without their animals, and as their traditional herding
way of life disappears they now embark on a continual migration into Ulaanbaatar,
the capital of Mongolia.
Homelessness
in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar is an enormous problem as family after
family
flee their rural nomadic life to try and rebuild lives in the city.
But it is not much better there. Alcoholism and other social problems
are increasing among the urban population.
Everywhere it is a struggle for survival.
From the Kunjab Jampa Ling Centre ,on the edge of Ulaanbatar, Maitreya Charity support Asral Charity in Mongolia to create exciting programmes of support and practical aid for those Mongolians who bear the brunt of the social disintegration.
Under the direction
of Venerable Panchen Otrul Rinpoche,
coordinated
by his Mongolian "Asral" Charity ,
and supported by Maitreya Charity
Panchen Otrul Rinpoche's Mongolia Project includes:
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Kunjab Jamp Ling CENTRE from which all programmes are administered. CHILDREN, who bear the brunt of Mongolia's social disintegration Dharma teaching from our main resident Tibetan monk, Geshe Lhawang Gyaltsen, contributes to the regeneration of Mongolia's SPIRITUAL HERITAGE . The RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF SHANKH KHIID, one of the oldest and most important monasteries in Mongolia, is a long-term . Women, living in great hardship, who often find themselves alone, or as head of the family, struggling to support and bring up their children. A SEWING PROJECT in Ulaanbaatar has helped women train in new skills and create the possibility of supporting themselves. Another of our successes has been the GARDENING PROJECT IN GACHUURT. The SHANTY TOWN that sprawls round Kunjab Jampa Ling Center, is the focus for concerted efforts to keep families together GOBI Area, and in particular the settlement of Ondershil Sum. Rinpoche travels to Mongolia each year. Read his ANNUAL REPORT 2006. |
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