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We are pleased to announce our most recent shipment in partnership with Children’s Hope Mongolia. We’re proud to let you know that we shipped a 40-foot container on October 21 which included 963 items and 2,949 cubic feet of supplies for a total value of $415,453.
Children’s Hope Mongolia provides this information on the conditions in the country:
Poverty is rampant in Mongolia, with 36% of the population living below the poverty line. This problematic situation is compounded by worrisome – and widening – disparities between rural and urban areas. Mongolian children directly suffer the devastating consequences of the lack of resources: notably with regard to health, medical assistance and nutrition. Children, especially those under age five, suffer stunting, wasting and low birth weight in households that lack access to proper nutrition.
Mongolians experience poor availability of medical supplies and medical equipment in health facilities, substandard-quality treatments, frequent stock-outs and suboptimal prescription and use of medicines.
Child death can be prevented or treated with timely access to appropriate medical supplies and medical equipment and other health services. Less than 2% of medical supplies used in Mongolia are produced in the country and many sick kids do not have access to appropriate medical supplies and equipment in the health facilities. With public health facilities suffering chronic shortages of critical medical supplies and lack of medical equipment, many children die of easily curable diseases.
We think it’s pretty special to partner with this organization to change these kids’ lives and ultimately make a big difference in Mongolia’s future. Thanks for partnering with us financially, donating supplies, and volunteering your time and talent to make this happen.
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