our mission
Asral is an award-winning NGO established by Venerable Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche in 2001 to eradicate poverty, prevent the disintegration of the family and to support vulnerable children and their mothers in Mongolia.
our strategy
We apply an integrated combination of measures to protect and support children by supporting their families. Our programs include skills-training for mothers, access to education for children and medical care.
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everyone welcome
We partner with community leaders and our local medical centre to support families, including prisoners and their infants, young offenders and orphans. We treat all people with respect and tolerance regardless of race, nationality, age, sex or religion.
a holistic approach
We generate projects that combine to support in a holistic way to bring the greatest benefit to the poorest people. Priority is given to the welfare of women and children.
your money goes a long way…
learning how to grow vegetables
bringing water to the vegetable training project
supporting women and their infants in prison
bringing a purification system to improve community health in the Gobi Desert
providing hot meals to children, enabling them to attend school
creating the means for an early start in the growing season
supporting hundreds of children to attend school
offering sustainable skills-training and employment
offering medical and dental care
keeping children safe
bringing solar-power to the Gobi
Our activities include the renovation of schools, provision of satellite teaching gers and the building of a maternity wing to the local hospital, crucial to preventing the spread of infection to pregnant mothers.
We have installed wells and a pioneering solar-powered purification system, dramatically improving the health of the community in the Gobi desert.
Catering equipment has improved the quality of children’s food in schools. We continually supply much needed equipment to the medical centre.
Hundreds of women are trained with skills to create self-sufficient employment potential, leading to the creation of a felt-making business, MIM, producing what is regarded as the finest quality felt in Mongolia.
Our community centre has become a focus for families to avail of our support services, including hygiene and disease prevention and psychological support programs.
In Gachuurt, a former commune, we offer training, seeds, plots and equipment to enable families to plant, grow and harvest their own vegetables.
