A package of aid was quickly set up between WSPA's Dr Woodberry, Disaster Team Leader for Asia located in Bangkok and James Sawyer at their London HQ, with our agent Batsaikhan Sodnom (Batsaa) in Ulaanbaatar dealing with distribution.
Getting bulk supplies of fodder from sources in the north such as Erdenet, transported several hundred kms south to Dundgobi in treacherous conditions, and on unpaved roads was no mean task in itself, but during the week 15th - 20th March, fodder in the form of concentrated feed or crushed wheat was organised and distributed by Batsaa to herders in Erdenedalai, Adaatsag and Delgertsogt, enough to feed around 9,000 animals for a month. The distribution allocation was decided by local soum authorities, in as fair a way as possible according to different herder family needs.
Dr Woodberry went to Mongolia to oversee the distribution of his aid package and to look into the possibility of any other similar packages that could be set up by his organisation. On his return to Bangkok he wrote an article
"Devastation and an Uncertain Future for Herders" based on his experiences at the height of the dzud in Dundgobi
A 5-minute video documentary was made by WSPA in Dundgobi province about our combined aid effort. It can be viewed HERE. To gain access to the video you will need to enter the password: Mongolia
WSPA is renowned for its animal welfare policies across the world, and you are invited to visit its website to see more of its work, and how you can help at www.wspa.org.uk
For further details of how WSPA helped CAMDA to set up its Mobile Veterinary Project - still ongoing and very successful in maintaining the health of herders essential horses, go to this page
Pictures are of the distribution taking place after a meeting between WSPA, CAMDA and a Dundgobi official.
Getting bulk supplies of fodder from sources in the north such as Erdenet, transported several hundred kms south to Dundgobi in treacherous conditions, and on unpaved roads was no mean task in itself, but during the week 15th - 20th March, fodder in the form of concentrated feed or crushed wheat was organised and distributed by Batsaa to herders in Erdenedalai, Adaatsag and Delgertsogt, enough to feed around 9,000 animals for a month. The distribution allocation was decided by local soum authorities, in as fair a way as possible according to different herder family needs.
Dr Woodberry went to Mongolia to oversee the distribution of his aid package and to look into the possibility of any other similar packages that could be set up by his organisation. On his return to Bangkok he wrote an article
"Devastation and an Uncertain Future for Herders" based on his experiences at the height of the dzud in Dundgobi
A 5-minute video documentary was made by WSPA in Dundgobi province about our combined aid effort. It can be viewed HERE. To gain access to the video you will need to enter the password: Mongolia
WSPA is renowned for its animal welfare policies across the world, and you are invited to visit its website to see more of its work, and how you can help at www.wspa.org.uk
For further details of how WSPA helped CAMDA to set up its Mobile Veterinary Project - still ongoing and very successful in maintaining the health of herders essential horses, go to this page
Pictures are of the distribution taking place after a meeting between WSPA, CAMDA and a Dundgobi official.
World Society for the
Protection of Animals
Protection of Animals
CAMDA is a longstanding Member Society of WSPA who helped set up and fund our Mobile Vet Project in 2003. They once more came to the aid of herders in one of the worst-hit areas of the 2010 dzud - Dundgobi province - where many soums have seen their herds of sheep, goats, horses and yak decimated, and for those animals left there was little or no food for them. The ground was frozen solid, and what stored food there may have been - hay or fodder - had been used up due to the lack of grazing that would otherwise have sustained them.
C A M D A
Cambridge Mongolia Development Appeal
Charity No: 1086778
Cambridge Mongolia Development Appeal
Charity No: 1086778
Providing aid to Mongolia's nomadic herding families
