var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3987066-7"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @edurelief)http://blog.edurelief.org/<p><span><strong>10,564 students, 195 teachers from 6 schools/libraries are enjoying new books. And 18 teachers have new laptops! Thank you for all your amazing help! Can’t wait to unveil our plan for 2011!</strong></span></p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/2583515103http://blog.edurelief.org/post/2583515103Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:08:11 +0800newsprogramsresults<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_legck0AIgG1qb0kfoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>A </span><a title="photoset" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrenich/sets/72157625737410168/">photoset</a><span> of images from our new library project at the Naran Complex School in Erdenet. This was our last project of the year and delivery was completed December 2010. </span><span>This project benefitted 2210 students and 104 teachers! </span> Thank you for all of your support this year!</p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/2581996234http://blog.edurelief.org/post/2581996234Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:04:00 +0800newsprograms<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb6j30707J1qb0kfoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A <a title="photoset" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrenich/sets/72157625279557960/">photoset</a> of images from our new library projects at the two Bayan Ondor Complex Primary Schools in Erdenet. Books were delivered in October 2010 and the children are loving them. This project benefitted 1389 students and their 63 teachers!</p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/1449531275http://blog.edurelief.org/post/1449531275Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:08:00 +0800newsprograms<p>Global Giving Bonus Day today! June 16th, all donations matched at 50%! Give today &#8212;&gt; <a href="http://is.gd/cRwpq" target="_blank">http://is.gd/cRwpq</a></p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/704594228http://blog.edurelief.org/post/704594228Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:29:34 +0900<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3c307zoA91qb0kfoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The <a title="aftermath" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g4Wnibh2ZR-0svoKJ5L4L6ephkEAD9G1TV2G0">aftermath</a> of the 2009/10 Mongolia “dzud.” </p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/653059214http://blog.edurelief.org/post/653059214Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:38:00 +0900newsopinions<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2uykyGbzm1qb0kfoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> <p>This is quite possibly the coolest idea I’ve seen in a long time. Would love to sit down with whoever is funding this…</p> <p>Many people living in Bangladesh’s impoverished villages haven’t yet been reached by technology. But a determined band of InfoLadies—young women equipped with netbooks, phones, and medical equipment—are delivering technology’s benefits to those people, one village at a time.</p> <p>These villages—and the Bangladeshis who live in them—are held back in many ways merely by a scarcity of information. The InfoLadies are the bearers of that information. Their netbooks come preloaded with relevant content that can be easily translated to local languages, and their messenger bags carry items like blood pressure monitors and pregnancy kits. Says one InfoLady:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ask me about the pest that’s infecting your crop, common skin diseases, how to seek help if your husband beats you or even how to stop having children, and I may have a solution.</p> </blockquote> <p>It seems that they often do have solutions—while the young, modern InfoLadies were initially regarded as something of a “scandal,” they’re now welcomed enthusiastically by individuals looking to check their blood pressure or increase the yield of their crops. One man, hoping to find work in technology, used an InfoLady’s netbook to get a crash course on Microsoft Office. Before the InfoLadies arrived, he said, “I had only seen computers in books.”</p> <p><em>via <a title="Gizmodo" target="_blank" href="http://gizmodo.com/5545209/the-infoladies-of-bangladesh-armed-with-bicycle-and-netbook">Gizmodo</a></em></p> </span></p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/624155466http://blog.edurelief.org/post/624155466Sun, 23 May 2010 14:43:45 +0900<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2q5yfCVH41qb0kfoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Have you ever thought what it would be like to have every country on earth supporting something you are doing? It’s the kind of support and community partnership that can make huge change possible. That is the idea behind our 20$10 Campaign. Our aim is to partner together with people from every country on earth to make a difference in children’s education in Mongolia. With this worldwide support we will reach out and invest in the futures of children in some of the poorest and most isolated rural areas in Mongolia.</span></p> <p><span>Our goal is to raise 2,000 $10 donations from supporters from all over the world. Be a part of this worldwide effort to bring change in Mongolia. <a title="Join the 20$10 Campaign" target="_blank" href="http://www.edurelief.org/involved/twenty-ten">Join the 20$10 Campaign</a> and give today!</span></p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/616450339http://blog.edurelief.org/post/616450339Fri, 21 May 2010 00:35:00 +0900campaignsnewsprograms<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2ldnpQCyv1qb0kfoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Winners of the recent 2010 Geography Olympiad Competition. We provided maps and English geography textbooks as prizes and oversaw the final ceremony. Students did a great job!</p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/608546779http://blog.edurelief.org/post/608546779Tue, 18 May 2010 10:33:25 +0900newsprograms<p>A new, local photography studio recently opened by three photographers from the Mongolian Flickrers group has pledged to take school/project photos for us. They&#8217;re called Studio-3 and are heading out soon to take professional photos at schools. Will post some of their shots soon. Thank you Studio-3!</p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/608507757http://blog.edurelief.org/post/608507757Tue, 18 May 2010 10:20:00 +0900newspartners<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1qusomtZK1qb0kfoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> <h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message"><span>Birch Grove Nature Preserve is an new initiative started by Edurelief in partnership with the Bugat soum goverment and Margad Deed Surguul of Erdenet City. The goal of this project is to teach local students and children about the importance of nature and forest protection and to promote community involvement in restoring at risk forest areas. The Bugat soum government has provide Edurelief with a large, at-risk piece of land just outside of Erdenet in an area which has been devastated by illegal logging, discarded garbage, and overgrazing. By using this project as an example, Edurelief aims to promote awareness of these issues to local students and community members and work together to preserve and restore damaged nature and forest areas near Erdenet, and around Mongolia.</span></h3> <p><span>Spring planting season is upon us! Help support our student planting project by <a title="giving today" target="_blank" href="http://www.edurelief.org/involved/birch-grove">giving today</a>. $1 = 1 tree!</span></p> <br/></span></p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/563280453http://blog.edurelief.org/post/563280453Sat, 01 May 2010 22:58:00 +0900newsprogramsecology<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/edurelief/522383424/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_522383424" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="273" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Recent media coverage of our Laptops for Teachers program. English subtitles coming soon…</p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/522383424http://blog.edurelief.org/post/522383424Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:35:00 +0900newsprogramsedutech<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0tTQehdmRlk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>If you are Mongolian or work on behalf of Mongolia you should really watch this…</p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/514544226http://blog.edurelief.org/post/514544226Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:58:18 +0900newsopinions<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0hzadrwGS1qb0kfoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>With Bugat and Baruunburen sum school libraries complete we want to say thank you again so much to Anne, Aliocha, and Capucine who have helped us so much this past year. Their fundraising efforts sponsored these two libraries and we are truly grateful for the amazing work they put into helping our programs. We can’t wait until you guys visit and see the schools for yourself!</p> <p>Sincerely,<br/>Edurelief staff </p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/502756645http://blog.edurelief.org/post/502756645Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:23:00 +0900programslibrarycapucine<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qZ2TmkYTlVI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Great video by one of our partner organizations the Asia Foundation. They recently ran a campaign asking for people to vote for a particular English book to provide in rural Mongolia. Wonderful video documenting the result. You can see their initial appeal video on their <a title="YouTube channel" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nOpAp_sFZw&feature=channel">YouTube channel</a>. Congratulations Books for Asia!</p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/502752530http://blog.edurelief.org/post/502752530Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:19:55 +0900newspartners<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0hyvujEIc1qb0kfoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Come see the <a title="photos">photos</a> of the ceremony for our recently completed Bugat sum school library project! 170 children and 16 teachers who previously did not have a library now have access to wonderful new books!</p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/502745057http://blog.edurelief.org/post/502745057Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:14:00 +0900programslibrarycapucine<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0hvzzk76L1qb0kfoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our Laptops for Teachers pilot program has been launched with great hurrah and success with 12 local teachers from two schools. See more photos over on our <a title="flickr page" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrenich/sets/72157623589211136/">flickr page</a>.</p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/502658781http://blog.edurelief.org/post/502658781Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:11:58 +0900programsedutech<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzvmy5El5P1qb0kfoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Our <a title="Global Giving Challenge" target="_blank" href="http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/school-libraries-for-mongolia/">Global Giving Challenge</a> is live! Our goal is to raise $4,000 over the next 30 days from at least 50 unique donors which will kickstart our plan to start 10 new school libraries in rural Mongolia in 2010. Global Giving is a website dedicated to helping nonprofits such as ourselves create a stronger network of donors and connect them with corporate giving and matching donors. We were recently approved to take part in their March Open Challenge which selects nonprofits for permanent placement on their website and access to their fundraising toolsets and donor networks. It could prove a big boost to our fundraising for schools in Mongolia. To qualify for a permanent placement we need to raise $4,000 over the next 30 days from 50 unique donors. Please consider giving via our new <a title="Global Giving page" target="_blank" href="http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/school-libraries-for-mongolia/">Global Giving page</a> and also spreading the word as much as you can. Thank you for all your help and support!</p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/474290320http://blog.edurelief.org/post/474290320Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:49:00 +0800newscampaign<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HsgSO5_H2ho?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Heart-breaking news report about the realities of alcohol in Mongolia. While we are not working directly in this area we are confident that providing quality education for the new generation of Mongolia will lead to a future that can free itself from the stranglehold of alcoholism and its related crimes and abuse the country currently finds itself in. It’s worth noting that we experience these sorts of situations on a daily occurrence, it’s deeply embedded in society and daily life.</p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/469118472http://blog.edurelief.org/post/469118472Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:13:20 +0800newsopinions<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzrfbociCp1qb0kfoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’d like to introduce you to Ripley Davenport. He’s taking a little walk next month… across Mongolia. He’s promoting Edurelief along the way. You can <a title="learn more" target="_blank" href="http://www.mongolia2010.com">learn more</a> about his trek and <a title="make a donation" target="_blank" href="http://www.edurelief.org/involved/people-ripley">make a donation</a>. Interview imminent. </p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/468990271http://blog.edurelief.org/post/468990271Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:14:00 +0800ambassadorsfundraising<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky1e1yeIIf1qb0kfoo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Kids reading new books<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky1e1yeIIf1qb0kfoo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Library ceremony<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky1e1yeIIf1qb0kfoo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Library ceremony<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky1e1yeIIf1qb0kfoo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Library ceremony<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky1e1yeIIf1qb0kfoo5_500.jpg"/><br/> Library ceremony<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky1e1yeIIf1qb0kfoo6_500.jpg"/><br/> Library ceremony<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky1e1yeIIf1qb0kfoo7_500.jpg"/><br/> Baruunburen school<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky1e1yeIIf1qb0kfoo8_500.jpg"/><br/> Material delivery<br/><br/> <p>We’re excited to share with you that just before Christmas we completed the first library sponsored by <a title="Capucine and Aliocha's Library" target="_blank" href="http://www.edurelief.org/involved/people-capucine">Capucine and Aliocha’s Library</a> fund in the town of Baruunburen (<a title="map" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=baruunburen,+selenge+Mongolia&sll=49.066331,103.674202&sspn=0.026149,0.049181&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Baruunb%C3%BCren,+Selenge,+Mongolia&ll=49.170593,104.827251&spn=0.026094,0.049181&t=h&z=14">map</a>). We’ve been working hard on this program since the summer, partnering with a volunteer team from France to renovate the library room at the Baruunburen school, and bring in new library materials, shelves, a new laptop computer, and lots and lots of books.</p> <p>Baruunburen is where everything began for us back in 2006 when we started our first school library project at the town’s public school. And now, three years later, we are proud to be able to complete a second project, this time at a smaller school serving nearly 200 students from poor families living in the town.</p> <p>We’ve already had reports back from the school that the children’s interest in reading has greatly increased as they go through their new library and teachers are now able to give lessons from government approved textbooks instead of simply on blackboards. We are so proud of the students at this school and look forward to continuing to work with them in the coming years to help give this community a better future.</p> <p>Many thanks to Capucine and her brother Aliocha, our youngest supporters who have awed us with their fundraising capabilities, raising enough funds for at least two school library programs. We’ll be completing their second project shortly at a 1st-9th grade school in a little town called Bugat (<a title="map" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bugat,+bulgan+Mongolia&sll=49.033333,104.083333&sspn=0.026167,0.049181&g=Erdenet,+Bulgan,+Mongolia&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bugat,+Bulgan,+Mongolia&ll=49.067343,103.675575&spn=0.026149,0.049181&t=h&z=14">map</a>). Stay tuned for updates!</p>http://blog.edurelief.org/post/396496252http://blog.edurelief.org/post/396496252Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:15:00 +0800programslibrarycapucine