MongoliAid Christmas letter 2010 … The Cairns Post … 14 December 2010

MongoliAid launches in Mongolia! … The Mongol Messenger … 26 November 2010

MongoliAid shipping day 2010 … these are the great days!

On Monday 22 November 2010, Cairns based charity MongoliAid International Inc. sent 5065 blankets and other items of a medical nature, on their way to Mongolia from Bulimba in Brisbane. Wridgways Removalists once again kindly donated their expertise and resources, absorbing as much of the Brisbane-related costs as possible. A BIG thank you to Maureen Kelly, the Wridgways Export Manager for her nous and empathy to the cause, and to Jim McKendrick, Nathan Cronin and Luke McNicol who bravely tackled the task of loading 260 bags of blankets, 260 boxes of blankets, 40 boxes of medical journals and textbooks, and 50 pairs of crutches and walking aids. The shipment brings the total number of blankets sent to Mongolia since 2004 to 17500.
 
Our blankets will be placed into school dormitories and hospitals across the South Gobi province of Mongolia next year. The medical journals and books will be handed over to the librarian at the University of Medicine at Ulaan Baatar.
 
… and yes, MongoliAid is still collecting blankets!

Walk for Water 2010 … a ground-breaking effort in every respect!

On Saturday 20 November, Sarah Ffinch-Mitchell, her sister Jessica, mum Wendy, and friends Taylah, Olivia and Ashleigh walked 12 km from Redlynch to the Cairns Lagoon, and raised $620 for MongoliAid in the process!

Other benefits of MongoliAid …

 A letter in the Cairns Sun, 10 November 2010.

Walk for Water – a moist see event! Coming Up! November 20

Click here Scan_Doc0014 to see how Sarah and Jessica Ffinch Mitchell will turn their sweat into clean water for Mongolians! Sarah is 12, Jessica is 9.

Recent media items from North Queensland … thank you Northern Herald.

Recent media coverage in the Northern Herald about MongoliAid’s Andrea Stark can be seen here Northern_Herald_8th_October_2010 and about fellow MongoliAiders Emily and Georgia Stark, can be seen, oh let’s just say …. here  Northern_Herald_22nd_October_2010

NQ blankets arrive …

A BIG thank you to Brian Jiggins, Nora McCullagh, Darrin and Kaylene Filewood, and to Billy and Juanita Filewood for taking time out on a fine Sunday morning in Brisbane (a rarity of late) to help unload the shipping container that arrived from Cairns, and for helping re-organise other donations from around Australia.

MongoliAid on the move … sending blankets to Brisbane 10/10/10

Today we finished packing our container with 2200 blankets and bedspreads, medical journals and textbooks, crutches and other medical supplies, for transport to the main MongoliAid storage depot in Brisbane. Next month we will ship these items and over 2800 other blankets.

By the way we also raised $550 on Friday night simply by throwing bowling balls down lanes – the funds to be applied towards future water projects!

Bowling 4 Mongolia 2010 … Tomorrow night … Friday 8 October … Cairns, Australia