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Mongolian Red Cross Social Care Programme beneficiaries, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Amanda George / British Red Cross
Otgontsetseg, 15, stands by her home in
Bayangol district, Ulaanbaatar
where she lives with her father and
sister. They built the house
themselves from cardboard boxes and any
other materials they could
find.
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Amanda George / British Red Cross
Munkhshur (10) and Munkhnaran (8) sit
with Red Cross volunteer Khandaa
who visits the girls on a regular basis.
They live with their father in
a traditional Mongolian ger, soaked
through by a recent rare deluge of
rain and propped up by a few precarious
wooden poles. The Mongolian Red
Cross’ social care programme is
providing a lifeline to this family.
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Amanda George / British Red Cross
Two children play in the dusty suburb of
Bayanzurkh, Ulaanbaatar.
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Amanda George / British Red Cross
Dolgor, 80, from the Baganuur district
of Ulaanbaatar, has benefited
from the Mongolian Red Cross Society’s
Social Care programme. She
suffered from acute loneliness before,
Munkhtuya, a Red Cross volunteer,
began visiting her regularly.
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Amanda George / British Red Cross
Odgerel (29) and her daughter Bujmaa (4)
stand in front of their home
in Byangol district, Ulaanbaatar.
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Amanda George / British Red Cross
A view of Byangol 'ger' district,
Ulaanbaatar. This slum is a typical
vision of the sprawling city, with no
waste disposal or running water,
causing severe health and sanitation
problems.
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Amanda George / British Red Cross
Mother Nurdev Byambaa (22) and Odgerel (
4) and Odonchimeg (7 months) in
their home in Bayanzurkh district,
Ulaanbaatar. The family were forced
away from their nomadic herding
lifestyle to the capital in 2005 when
all of their 500 livestock were killed
in a ‘black dzud’: the
Mongolian term for a snowless period of
extreme cold, with temperatures
dropping to -50°C.
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Amanda George / British Red Cross
Battur Javzmaa (43) lives in this shed
with her three children in
Bayanzurkh district, Ulaanbaatar . The
Red Cross is helping the family
find housing through the Social Care
programme.
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