DISASTER APPEAL FUND - DONATION PAGE
Many, many thanks for coming to our Disaster Appeal Page. If you have already heard or read of the disaster that is unfolding in Mongolia we hope that you will find it in your heart to be as generous as possible in helping to meet the needs of our Mongolian friends - the nomadic herders and their families - who are in such a desperate situation.
It is a situation regrettably that we have been involved with in the past, in fact just 10 years ago CAMDA was set up (and was then named Disaster Appeal) to help the thousands of families who had between them lost millions of animals, many having lost their entire herds or flocks, with their lives and livelihoods shattered.
Some 70% of all herders have less than 200 animals and 50% less than 100. They will be the worst affected and the ones to lose all they have, needed to maintain a basic livelihood. Even worse, many are running out of heating and cooking fuel for their gers, a mixture of wood and dung but that too is lost to them, meaning they are less able to care for themselves, families and children, in Arctic-like conditions.
The current situation is alredy grim for a huge swathe of herders and animals in 12 aimags mostly all northern but including Dundgobi. It can well be imagined how desperate it is for those engulfed in widespread deep snow, temperatures as low as -47C in places; animals have no access to snow-encrusted pasture deep below, and dispersed over large areas made equally inacessible to the herders.
Up to 10th February - some 2 million animals have already perished, and the Mongolian government foresees this figure rising to 4 million by April. In the previous dzuds 2000-2003 some 12 million died, and the current disaster is officially stated to be worse than that of 10 years ago. Help is badly needed.
THE FULL AMOUNT THAT YOU DONATE WILL BE SENT AS PART OF OUR DISASTER AID EFFORT
Many, many thanks for coming to our Disaster Appeal Page. If you have already heard or read of the disaster that is unfolding in Mongolia we hope that you will find it in your heart to be as generous as possible in helping to meet the needs of our Mongolian friends - the nomadic herders and their families - who are in such a desperate situation.
It is a situation regrettably that we have been involved with in the past, in fact just 10 years ago CAMDA was set up (and was then named Disaster Appeal) to help the thousands of families who had between them lost millions of animals, many having lost their entire herds or flocks, with their lives and livelihoods shattered.
Some 70% of all herders have less than 200 animals and 50% less than 100. They will be the worst affected and the ones to lose all they have, needed to maintain a basic livelihood. Even worse, many are running out of heating and cooking fuel for their gers, a mixture of wood and dung but that too is lost to them, meaning they are less able to care for themselves, families and children, in Arctic-like conditions.
The current situation is alredy grim for a huge swathe of herders and animals in 12 aimags mostly all northern but including Dundgobi. It can well be imagined how desperate it is for those engulfed in widespread deep snow, temperatures as low as -47C in places; animals have no access to snow-encrusted pasture deep below, and dispersed over large areas made equally inacessible to the herders.
Up to 10th February - some 2 million animals have already perished, and the Mongolian government foresees this figure rising to 4 million by April. In the previous dzuds 2000-2003 some 12 million died, and the current disaster is officially stated to be worse than that of 10 years ago. Help is badly needed.
THE FULL AMOUNT THAT YOU DONATE WILL BE SENT AS PART OF OUR DISASTER AID EFFORT
Your donation will be used in any way that will help relieve this distress, targeted at vulnerable small-scale herders:
********* by provision of fodder to those herders most in need *********
********* by provision of protein animal diet supplements *********
********* by provision of fuel to those where this is critical *********
********* by provision of any other appropriate aid *********
Our News pages are being regularly updated with the latest developments of the disaster. Unlike earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes - deadly as they are, this type - dzud - can last for months, gradually worsening as its grip tightens
For details of how, with your donations our aid provisions will be carried out, please go to AidEffort page
If you are a private donor and a UK taxpayer, you will be eligible to claim for GiftAid if the amount you donate is covered by the amount of tax paid. GiftAid increases your donation - at no extra cost to you by 28% - almost a third more - with the money we can reclaim from H.M.Revenue.
Once again, thanks for taking the trouble to visit this special Disaster Appeal Page. Your donation will be acknowledged by e-mail but we take this opportunity to express our warm thanks in anticipation of your generosity.
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********* by provision of fodder to those herders most in need *********
********* by provision of protein animal diet supplements *********
********* by provision of fuel to those where this is critical *********
********* by provision of any other appropriate aid *********
Our News pages are being regularly updated with the latest developments of the disaster. Unlike earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes - deadly as they are, this type - dzud - can last for months, gradually worsening as its grip tightens
For details of how, with your donations our aid provisions will be carried out, please go to AidEffort page
If you are a private donor and a UK taxpayer, you will be eligible to claim for GiftAid if the amount you donate is covered by the amount of tax paid. GiftAid increases your donation - at no extra cost to you by 28% - almost a third more - with the money we can reclaim from H.M.Revenue.
Once again, thanks for taking the trouble to visit this special Disaster Appeal Page. Your donation will be acknowledged by e-mail but we take this opportunity to express our warm thanks in anticipation of your generosity.
Return to Home Page
