©InfoMs Oyuntsetseg (39) lives with her daughter Munkhzul (19) who is seven months pregnant. The Red Cross recently provided them with a traditional ‘ger’ tent as they were previously dependent on the charity and goodwill of friends and relatives.
Ms Oyuntsetseg says: “I was living in another part of Selenge before while my daughter lived in my sister’s home. Then the Red Cross gave us the ger we are living in today, and a volunteer let us put it on her land.
Red Cross support
“The week we put up the ger there was a terrible sandstorm, which destroyed other gers. But we rotated ours to protect it from the storm. It only took three or four hours to construct, and was built entirely by women.
“Each month we receive food and clothes from the Red Cross. The volunteer also helps us with jobs in the house like cleaning and preparing food.
“Before we had the ger we were moved from one family to the next. I have tuberculosis and Munkhzul is expecting a child. Now we have our own home. When we were told by volunteers that we would be getting a ger, we were both in tears as this is what we had hoped for.”
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