Just in Time for the First Day of School!

Today was the first day of school for all of Mongolia. School 15 was the recipient of some brand new equipment for one of their classes. The project was finished just in time.  We have been working on this for about 5 months.  This is a public school, but one class is for homeless kids which the city does not support.  The Director at Sun Child School where we teach asked the city for a room for these kids and she helps pay the cost for teachers, materials, food, etc. through fund raising projects. Many times as we arrive to teach, we smell delicious rolls baking in the kitchen, and find out that they are to raise funds either for the kindergarten or maybe for the graduates from Sun Child who are attending college.  Other people also help to cover the cost of the kindergarten.


Each Monday they pick up the homeless kids or those that are extremely poor.  They bring them to the school, bathe them, wash their clothes, feed them and teach them. The teachers there are really committed and do amazing work. They sleep there for the week too, but on Friday they are required to take them back to where they came from.


The kindergarten needed a cabinet for the children to put clothes, coats, shoes, etc.  They also needed new bedding (stuffed mattress pads and blankets), new tables and chairs for the 36 kids they are allowed to care for.  We worked with Deseret International Charities and were able to have a local manufacturer make the bedding and blankets with camel hair and wool.  A local carpenter made the closets, 6 tables and 36 chairs.  We got everything delivered and in place last Friday.  .


We were so happy to see this in place before the new school year started. We hope to see the kids later this week enjoying the new surroundings. You see the example of the bedding but when the kids are ready for bed there are 36 sets on that floor.