Flagstaff International Relief Effort
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With average winter lows of minus 10 Fahrenheit and minus 25 Celcius, Ulanbator is considered the coldest capital in the world. 367 people froze to death on its streets in 2004.

When the Russian government left Mongolia in 1990 after 66 years of occupation it took 40% of the economy with it. Overnight people were left homeless. In the late 1990's there was an estimated 4000 children living on and under the streets of Ulanbator. Today, one third of Mongolia's 2.5 million people live on less than $1 a day.

In September 2005, eight clothing and four medical volunteers travelled to Mongolia meeting FIRE's two 40-ft. containers. In two weeks, they hand-delivered 24,000 pounds of winter clothing and 400 boxes of medical supplies to over 10,000 people. Clothing distributions and medical training took place in Ulaanbaatar as well as nine of the twenty-one Mongolian provinces.

F.I.R.E. has been assisting the people of Mongolia through this time of transition since 1997 through our hand to hand delivery of assistance.

  • Winter Clothing: Donations of winter clothing alleviate the cold of winter, enabling poor children to attend school and adults to seek work, empowering the most vulnerable members of Mongolia's society to improve the quality of their lives.
  • Educational Supplies: F.I.R.E. works in cooperation with local schools, teachers and libraries to distribute textbooks, desks, blackboards and other difficult to access educational supplies.
  • Medical Supplies: Mongolian doctors are very well educated, but lack the supplies to use their knowledge to the most of their ability. It is not unusual for a Mongolia to wash their latex gloves and re-use them several times. Our donations are often met with great tears of joy.
  • Medical Training: We completed our first series of training in September 2005. While Mongolian doctors are well trained, there is very little awareness of physical therapy and after care. F.I.R.E. plans to focus their training in 2006 in these areas.

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