It's so off-the-beaten-track, a lot of people probably couldn't find Mongolia on a map. By

91 Vote(s) ]]> http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/driving-the-genghis-goddess-to-mongolia-for-charity/ http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/driving-the-genghis-goddess-to-mongolia-for-charity/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:48:42 EDT mongoliaonline Charity http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/driving-the-genghis-goddess-to-mongolia-for-charity/ Marco Kesseler, Tom Jamieson, Jon Choksye and Edd Macey are driving to Mongolia in a 1953 Green Goddess fire engine. They have called it the Genghis Goddess and will join teams from around the world for the Mongol Rally challenge.

The Bookbridge initiative set out to collect unwanted children’s English books to equip school libraries in Mongolia so children in the country can learn English as a second l

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/severe-winter-devastates-mongolian-herder-families-2/ http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/severe-winter-devastates-mongolian-herder-families-2/ Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:41:42 EDT mongoliaonline Charity http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/severe-winter-devastates-mongolian-herder-families-2/ A particularly severe winter in Mongolia is having a devastating impact on more than 12,000 people from herding families, whose entire reserves of livestock have died in the harsh conditions.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has released £65,000 from its Disaster Relief Emergency Fund and issued an emergency appeal seeking £645,000 to sup

2 Vote(s) ]]> http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/return-to-khishig-undur-the-tale-of-peter-rabbit/ http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/return-to-khishig-undur-the-tale-of-peter-rabbit/ Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:05:08 EDT mongoliaonline Charity http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/return-to-khishig-undur-the-tale-of-peter-rabbit/ Over 10,000 people voted to give a book to children in the remote Mongolian village of Khishig Undur - the most participants yet!

The winning book is "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and Asia Foundation delivered it to Khishig Undur's 4th grade class on March 29th. We thought we'd give the children the opportunity to thank you themselves so please watch the video to the end!

International funds of 1 million Swiss francs ($935,000) were needed to provide food and other emergency relief for herders in the poor, landlocked country, the Interna

2 Vote(s) ]]> http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/red-cross-launches-appeal-to-help-mongolia-herders/ http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/red-cross-launches-appeal-to-help-mongolia-herders/ Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:29:03 EDT mongoliaonline Charity http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/red-cross-launches-appeal-to-help-mongolia-herders/ BEIJING (AFP) - The Red Cross launched an emergency appeal Monday for nearly one million dollars to assist thousands of herders in Mongolia who have lost their livestock to one of the worst winters in decades.

The impoverished landlocked nation is currently grappling with a severe winter after a dry summer, a combination known locally as "dzud" that has led to extreme cold and f

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/rp-donates-us20000-to-mongolia-for-%E2%80%9Czud%E2%80%9D-disaster-rehabilitation/ http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/rp-donates-us20000-to-mongolia-for-%E2%80%9Czud%E2%80%9D-disaster-rehabilitation/ Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:45:37 EDT mongoliaonline Charity http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/rp-donates-us20000-to-mongolia-for-%E2%80%9Czud%E2%80%9D-disaster-rehabilitation/ 24 March 2010 - The Philippine Embassy in Beijing reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that Philippine Ambassador to China Francisco L. Benedicto handed over a check of US$20,000 to Mongolian Ambassador to China Tsedenjav Sukhbaatar on March 16 at the Mongolian Embassy in Beijing.

The amount represented the Philippine government's donation to the rehabilitatio

2 Vote(s) ]]> http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/in-mongolia-choose-a-book-change-a-life/ http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/in-mongolia-choose-a-book-change-a-life/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:41:59 EDT mongoliaonline Charity http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/in-mongolia-choose-a-book-change-a-life/ Vote Now to Send Your Favorite Storybook to Students at Khishig-Undur School, Mongolia

The first-year English students at Khishig-Undur School are motivated and smart but they lack one thing we often take for granted: books. So Books for Asia delivered what was needed, and helped Mongolia's next generation prepare for the future.

Books for Asia has been changin

2 Vote(s) ]]> http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/china-donates-grains-to-snowbound-mongolia/ http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/china-donates-grains-to-snowbound-mongolia/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:53:29 EDT mongoliaonline Charity http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/china-donates-grains-to-snowbound-mongolia/ BEIJING, March 16 (Reuters) - China has donated 300 tonnes of rice and flour to Mongolia to help fend off the effects of a bitter winter in the remote southwest of the landlocked country, China's Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.

The severe winter, or zud, has decimated flocks and isolated herders, especially in western Mongolia. The United Nations estimates 2.7 mill

2 Vote(s) ]]> http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/made-in-mongolia/ http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/made-in-mongolia/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:40:56 EST administrator Charity http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Charity/made-in-mongolia/ ‘It’s great to be able to do something for women,” says Kim Rowan, above with her daughter, model Amber Jean Rowan, sporting a cute felt hat and scarf from Made in Mongolia (MIM). The pair are part of a group of well-known Irish women who have helped the Mongolian charity by modelling some of their latest fashion accessories.