President of Mongolia’s wife to visit World Vision
October 21, 2004
World Vision Canada is proud to host a visit from Mrs. Azadsuren Oyunbileg, the wife of Mongolian president Mr. Natsagiin Bagabandi. The humanitarian agency has spent $17.9 million USD in programs assisting needy children in Mongolia in the past year. The President's wife is in Canada for a President's Spousal Program.
| Fast facts: Mongolia |
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- Mongolia is a country in northern Asia, located between China and Russia with a population of 2.7 million people.
- Mongolia is subject to extreme cold, frequent drought, forest and prairie fires.
- The average annual income of a Mongolian family is just $340 per year.
- World Vision is the largest NGO in Mongolia and has been operating there since 1993.
- World Vision's work in Mongolia includes 16 Child Sponsorship communities with over 30,000 sponsored children.
- In 2005 World Vision Canada will be opening 2 new child sponsorship communities in the area of the capital, Ulaanbaatar.
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