Thank you for your interest in serving the less privileged of Mongolia.
Project Sites
MMI teams serve in Darkhan, and work with Jerry and Susan Smith of Change the World Ministries. They have an active program to help children living in orphanages and on the streets. MMI helps with medical, spiritual and some construction needs in this area.
Please contact Julie in the Texas office if you have any questions, as we do not want the cost of the mission to hinder your participation.
Housing
Accommodations are at a small hotel in Darkhan. Rooms are be shared, but each room should have a bathroom. Hot water is not always available, so consider packing a solar shower if you have room. Meals will be a mixture of Mongolian and American cuisine – lots of meat and potatoes!
There can be no smoking, drinking or use of foul language. We do not want to offend those that we have come to serve.
Electricity
Electrical current is 220 volts, so please bring a converter if you are packing electrical devices. (The current in North America is 110 volts.)
More About Mongolia
Mongolia, a long province of China, won its independence in 1921 with Soviet backing. A communist regime was installed in 1924. Located between China and Russia, Mongolia is slightly smaller than Alaska. The terrain includes vast semi-desert and desert plains; mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in southeast. Mongolia is a republic with its capital city being Ulaanbaatar.
People & Economy
Currency: Mongolian tughrik (Tug).
Industries: construction materials, mining (particularly coal and copper); food and beverages, processing of animal products.
Agriculture: products: wheat, barley, potatoes, forage crops; sheep, goats, cattle, camels, horses.
Population: 2.6 million.
Ethnic groups: Mongol 90%, Kazakh 4%, other 6%
Literacy: 82.9%
Religion: Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%
Language: Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian
