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Mongolians Hit Hard Harsh Winter - Mormon Doctrine Studies - Posted: 28th Feb, 2010 - 1:36am
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Mongolians Hit Hard By Harsh Winter
I was looking at some pictures of people in Mongolia, specially one with a baby and it broke my heart to pieces. PLEASE, if you can donate some money to the LDS Church's Humanitarian Fund and specify you want the funds to go to Mongolia, these people would really appreciate it!
QUOTE SALT LAKE CITY -- Like many parts of the world, people in Mongolia are experiencing a heavy winter. But in a country where much of the population lives in remote areas as livestock herders, this is more than some extra snow -- it's become life or death.
Though the country is used to extreme winters, this one has been devastating.
"They say it's the worst they've had in 30 years," Richard Lasson says.
Lasson and his wife are serving a humanitarian mission with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mongolia.
The country is having a weather phenomenon known by locals as a "dzud" -- a summer drought followed by a terrible winter with heavy snow.
"They went into the winter unprepared because they weren't able to have enough hay stocked up for their animals, and then the animals weren't that fat because they didn't have that much food in the summer time; and so now they've got a real severe winter; and so a lot of the country is covered with heavy snow, and they've had temperatures as low as 58 degrees below zero," Lasson says.
Nearly 40 percent of Mongolia's population is livestock herders, and close to 2.7 million livestock animals have died so far. Analysts predict another 3 million to 4 million animals could die before the end of the year.
The snow has also made getting medical attention to those in need nearly impossible.
"These people are losing their livelihood, and they've had several pregnant mothers pass away. They've had children, babies -- they cannot get to hospital help when they need it," Lasson says...
Though the country is used to extreme winters, this one has been devastating.
"They say it's the worst they've had in 30 years," Richard Lasson says.
Lasson and his wife are serving a humanitarian mission with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mongolia.
The country is having a weather phenomenon known by locals as a "dzud" -- a summer drought followed by a terrible winter with heavy snow.
"They went into the winter unprepared because they weren't able to have enough hay stocked up for their animals, and then the animals weren't that fat because they didn't have that much food in the summer time; and so now they've got a real severe winter; and so a lot of the country is covered with heavy snow, and they've had temperatures as low as 58 degrees below zero," Lasson says.
Nearly 40 percent of Mongolia's population is livestock herders, and close to 2.7 million livestock animals have died so far. Analysts predict another 3 million to 4 million animals could die before the end of the year.
The snow has also made getting medical attention to those in need nearly impossible.
"These people are losing their livelihood, and they've had several pregnant mothers pass away. They've had children, babies -- they cannot get to hospital help when they need it," Lasson says...
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