Since 2006, the foundation tries to improve the situation of the children in Mongolia each year. Thanks to donations and collection campaigns, we have built 26 gers (living shelters).
A second family also becomes homeless due to the same devastating storm. Ms. Monkhbayar, a single mother with three sons, also receives a new dwelling tent from Stichting Steppekinderen.
A single mother with three daughters becomes homeless due to a severe, devastating storm. The Steppekinderen Foundation has quickly built a new ger for the affected family.
A single mother with three children who was threatened with homelessness has received their own ger from the Steppekinderen Foundation.
The reserve tent that was built last year is now in use. This tent provides shelter for a complete family and remains the property of our foundation.
Ms. Turmandah and her five daughters, who are struggling financially after the father's departure, have received their 25th ger in Mongolia from the Steppekinderen Foundation, because they have no means to pay rent.
The board of the Steppekinderen Foundation has decided to have a reserve tent built in Ulaanbaatar, which remains the property of the organization and can be used in emergencies to accommodate a complete family.
the Steppekinderen Foundation has had a sturdy ger built for the family of Chuluuntsetseg G., a single mother with five children who lived in a dilapidated house.
The family of Davaa M. and Bayajikh K., who got into financial trouble due to high healthcare costs, has received their own ger from the Steppekinderen Foundation so they no longer have to pay rent.
A single mother with three children, who lived for fifteen years in a storage room under a staircase, has finally received a spacious, traditional Mongolian nomad tent thanks to the Steppekinderen Foundation.
A single mother with four children who was threatened with homelessness has received a new ger from the Steppekinderen Foundation.
Thanks to funding from SWAP (Stichting SAMEN Werken Aan Projecten), Stichting Steppenkinderen has been able to build a ger for a single mother with four children in Ulaanbaatar.
After the death of Tuvendorje Myagmar, his wife Jargalsaihan was left alone with four children. The family lived in a poor hut after a snowstorm. The Steppekinderen Foundation has helped the family with a new ger.
After an urgent request from the welfare center of the Khan-Uul district, the Steppekinderen Foundation has built a ger for the homeless single mother Solongo Ganzorig and her two children.
A single mother with two young children who was put on the street receives help with shelter and necessities from the Steppekinderen Foundation.
The family of Munkhjargal and Bolor Bataa, whose father has become completely blind, has received a new ger from the Steppekinderen Foundation after they had to leave their rental home.
A father who became blind, his pregnant wife and two young children receive help from the Steppekinderen Foundation with a living tent (ger) after they can no longer afford their basement space.
Guitarist/composer Marnix Busstra celebrated his fiftieth birthday with an exclusive musical performance in the North Sea Jazz Club, where donations for the Steppekinderen Foundation were collected.
Ms. Battsetseg Jijigee, a single mother, and her needy son Munkhbold have received their own ger thanks to cooperation with the Josephina Foundation, allowing them to lead a better life now.
A 29-year-old disabled mother and her five-year-old son, who previously lived on the street, have received a new ger from the Steppekinderen Foundation, equipped with a stove in a suburb of Ulaanbaatar.
A homeless family from Khentii province, who lost their ger in December 2012 due to fire, has received a new ger from the Steppekinderen Foundation thanks to a generous gift.
A single mother and her three sons, who previously lived in an unheated stone corridor and survived by collecting waste, have received a new ger from the Steppekinderen Foundation.
Two adventurous travelers, Frank and Martine Warmerdam, have arrived in Ulaanbaatar after a long car journey from the Netherlands to Mongolia and have raised €3,067.35 for the Steppekinderen Foundation with their trip.
Two families in need - a family with five children who lived in a storage room and a single mother with three children - have received new gers thanks to the Steppekinderen Foundation and School community De Waerdenborgh.
A homeless, seriously ill mother with two young children receives a ger with stove from the Steppekinderen Foundation in the Khan-Uul district of Ulaanbaatar.
School community De Waerdenborch in Holten organized a theme day, where €10,800 was collected for the Steppekinderen Foundation. This allowed three poor families to get housing.
't Goeie Doelen Winkeltje in Delft donates €1,500 to the Steppekinderen Foundation for the construction of a new ger for orphan children in Mongolia.
In Amersfoort, the shopkeepers in Grote St. Jansstraat organize a festive winter market, where the Steppekinderen Foundation is put in the spotlight. The proceeds from this cozy market are €1,000.
On the large city garbage dump on the edge of Ulaanbaatar, hundreds of destitute children and adults try to survive by collecting and selling usable materials from the waste.
The Steppekinderen Foundation starts a six-month woodworking course for orphan children in Ulaanbaatar, to teach them a trade and provide future prospects.
De Volkskrant reports that due to rising food and fuel prices, more and more Mongolians are living below the poverty line, with 800,000 people uncertain of their daily food supply.
Just before winter, two new gers are delivered on behalf of the foundation to a care home for children on the edge of Ulaanbaatar, made possible by marathon runner Erik Haver and Stichting Katholieke Wezenverzorging Breda.
Nijmegen dentist Joost van Vlijmen has carried out a second successful 'dental camp' in Ulaanbaatar with his team, providing free dental care to people at the garbage dump and children in the orphanage.
Erik Haver has raised a fantastic amount of €4,950 for the steppe children by participating in the Rome marathon, enough for a complete ger with accessories.
A Dutch dentist and dental hygienist made a successful working visit to Mongolia where they provided free dental care to orphan children and residents of a slum in Ulaanbaatar.
Students from primary school De Zonnewijzer in Westervoort have held a successful sponsorship campaign for Mongolian orphan children.
Two students from Montessori school 'De Kosmos' have raised €321.30 with their own campaign for street children in Mongolia.
Our employee in Ulaanbaatar has donated camel wool hats and scarves to the children of an orphanage on behalf of the Foundation to protect them from the winter cold.
A traditional Mongolian ger tent has been donated to an orphanage, providing shelter for 8-10 children with protection against extreme weather conditions.
In Anton Mauvestraat in Amersfoort, neighborhood residents organize a flea market where part of the proceeds is donated to the Steppekinderen Foundation.
In the article 'Children live in Mongolia like moles', attention is drawn to street children in Mongolia who 'winter underground near heating pipes to survive.
Since 2006, the foundation tries to improve the situation of the children in Mongolia each year. Thanks to donations and collection campaigns, we have built 26 gers (living shelters).
Even a relatively small amount of money can do a lot, because in Mongolia, where many herders earn barely twenty euros a month, your money is worth more than five times that!
Thank you to all who support our small but important work!