MONGOLIA WHAT WILL YOU BUILD
Build “Eco-Friendly” in Mongolia in 2012
After the success of the first BLUE SKY BUILD in 2010, Habitat for Humanity
Mongolia is once again bringing together corporations, individuals
and partner
organizations to build homes with local families in need. Next summer,
volunteers from all over the world will join together
to shine a light on the scourge of
substandard housing and demonstrate what can be accomplished when families, communities
and nations come together to build a future where every man, woman and
child has a decent place to live.
BLUE SKY BUILD 2012 emphasizes building environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient
homes. Structures are designed take less wood to build. More importantly, the
homes use less fossil fuels to keep warm in the harsh Mongolian winters. That means
reduced carbon and toxic emissions. And families can use money saved on fuel bills for
better food, better clothes, better schooling, better medicines.
From 1st to 7th July 2012, volunteers will join families to build 20 energy-efficient houses
in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Immediately after celebrating the completion
of the homes, volunteers can join the celebrations for the Naadam holidays, the country’
nationwide midsummer festival of wrestling, horse racing and archery.
The BLUE SKY BUILD 2012 will also mark a milestone in Habitat for Humanity Mongolia’s
ambitious campaign to support the building of 1,000 more homes in three years.
Time: July 1 to 7, 2012
Team leader: Warren Jack, ED of Aucklnd Affiliate. For more information email Warren.
MONGOLIA FACT FILE
Population: 3,086,918 (July 2010 est.)
Capital: Ulaanbaatar
Land Area: 1,564,116 sq. km.
Ethnic Groups: Mongol (mostly Khalkha) 94.9%, Turkic (mostly Kazakh) 5%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 0.1% (2000)
Languages: Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
Religions: Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
Literacy: 97.8% (2000 census)
Urbanization: 57% (2008)
Population Living on US $1.25 a Day: 22% (2009)
Acc ess to Improved Water Sources: 76% (2009)
Acc ess to Improved Sanitation Facilities: 50% (2009)
