Below is a list of projects that we are currently researching and developing. Please contact us for more information, budgets and suggestions.

English Learning Distribution

In 2007, in cooperation with Marc Watkins of New York English and the Rotary Club of Ulanbator, F.I.R.E. distributed 80 refurbished computers loaded with English language software to schools throughout Mongolia. We would like to continue this project and expand it to include basic English books and additional educational supplies. We would distribute the computers in groups of 5 or more with additional supplies to set up English learning labs in the countryside of Mongolia.
This project will continue to use the rural distribution model estabilshed and fine tuned through the 6 clothing distribution trips.
With a 98% literacy rate and 36% of the population under 18, Mongolia is primed for educational projects. There is tremendous desire among Mongolians to learn English. However, most of the countryside has no resources to support this desire.

This project currently is still being developed.

Hepatitis B Vaccination

There is currently no vaccination process established for Hepatitis B in Mongolia for health care workers. Estimates as high as 60% of all health care workers are infected with Hepatitis B. For the past 3 years F.I.R.E. has worked with Dr. Yanjma of the Autoimune Disease and Rehabilitation Center in Ulanabator. A colleague of Dr. Yanjma’s, Scott Patlovich is currently researching Hepatitis B vaccination programs in Asia. He is also currently researching the possibility of implementing such a vaccination project in Mongolia specifically targeting health care workers in order to bridge this apparent gap in vaccination coverage. It is our intention to work together with both individuals as well as the Ministry of Health to help prevent this infectious disease, which is of particularly high risk of transmission in the health care setting due to exposures to items like blood or potentially infectious medical waste.
Hepatitis B is a 3 step vaccination process, so follow through is mandatory and essential. This may best be accomplished by working with hospitals and schools. An initial target population may be health care workers, due to the high infection rate, and ease of follow through and their position in the community. Healthcare workers would also be able to educate the general population about the benefits of vaccination. Schools will also have the ability for record keeping, allowing for follow through.

This project currently is in the research and development stages.

Wool Project

The wool project would be a collaborative effort with the Zorig Foundation. Through the assistance of the Zorig Foundation F.I.R.E. would work with poor migrant women on the outskirts of Ulanbator to teach them how to spin raw material into yarn for export to the United States. This project would be empowering and self sustaining by providing the women access to a marketable commodity.
Currently F.I.R.E. is researching various wholesale yarn companies to find out what types of yarn they would be interested, and how much they would be willing to pay and at what quantity. This is being done with the assistance of Mary Gavan a 2007 distribution trip volunteer, knitter and former yarn shop owner who lives in Sedona AZ.
This project would require an office in Ulanbator. F.I.R.E. would gather the raw material and distribute it to the women to spin. We would provide training during various training trips with volunteers from the United States. Constant quality control is essential.Tom Motsinger, a 2005 distribution trip volunteer, and the PaleoWest Foundation have expressed interest in helping start and maintain this project.

This project currently is in the research and development stages.

F.I.R.E. is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All contributions are tax deductible.