By Wen Hung | Project Leader
Jargal is a 16-year-old boy, an 11th gradestudent who lives with his mother and 3 siblings. His step-father died of illness in 2019 and his mother has no stable job. Mostly, she stays at home and take care of the children as a single parent. They live on subsidies and financial support from relatives and friends. Jargal’s younger brother is studying in the 4th grade and younger sister is in the 2nd grade of the primary school and the youngest sister is in the kindergarten.
“I don’t have a stable income but I have to raise four children. I always feel sorry for them because I can’t afford to support my family's living even though I know that the environment is important to children’s growth. I can only continue to rely on my parents and live in a poor quality yurt. Through the TFCF Mongolia Branch Office, they provide us with a new yurt to improve our living environment immediately. I feel very grateful and it gives the children the new hope. Now I plan to actively go out to find a job and hope that I can rely on it in the future. I also plan to grow vegetables in the yard. Although we still need to bear the rent of the land for building the yurt, we don’t have to worry about the living problems, the messy environment, and the dangers of long distances. We really appreciate the assistance of TFCF, donors and the company of social workers, so now our whole family are full of new hope and expect to have a better life in the future. ”
- Message from Jargal’s mother
** Jargal is the fake name due to the fact that the privacy and safety of individuals is respected.
The second wave of COVID-19
The coronavirus is now spreading all over the world and the Mongolian government has announced to close the borders starting from the end of February to the end of August. It also affects Mongolia’s internal economy, and the local unemployment rate continues to rise, especially affecting the lives of families with only one working population. Many families can only rely on welfare subsidies and relief for their livelihoods. Although TFCF Mongolian Branch Office provides basic necessities to maintain their lives and emergency relief assistance for families in economic crisis, many families have no capacity to improve their living environment. This year, there were 50 families who applied for the yurts. In order to protect children's right of residence, we will provide the new yurts to 20 families in urgent need and yurt items to 2 families in the second half of this year. I hope that we can work together with people from all walks of life to help Mongolian children to have a safe house.
With gratitude,
Wen Hung
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