Past Projects

Caring for and supporting the most vulnerable members of a community helps to improve and raise up the entire community. Since the earthquake in Nepal in 2015, FIRE has distributed 3,000 pounds of food and winter clothing to as many 13 elders in the village of Kyanjin Gompa in Langtang,

From July 2014 to July 2018, FIRE worked with the Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH) to provide consultancy services for the Mongolian Ministry of Health (MoH) for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded Fifth Health Sector Development Project (FiHSDP), to improve the health safety in hospitals across Mongolia. This

In 2010, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), initiated an effort with FIRE, the Mongolian Academy of Medical Sciences (MAMS), and the Mongolian Ministry of Health (MoH), to study the prevalence of blood-borne viruses among 1,000 health care workers in Mongolia. NIH scientifically studied the samples while FIRE conducted a

Proper oral health is essential for disease prevention and overall health. Mongolia has the highest rate of cavities per person in the world. In 2015, our “Healthy Smiles” program, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Ulaanbaatar, the School of Dentistry of Mongolian National University of Medical Science (MNUMS), the

Between 2009 and 2012, FIRE worked with the Albuquerque Del Norte Rotary Club in New Mexico, USA, and the Selbe Rotary Club in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to distribute 152,077 sharps containers (biohazard boxes for sharp medical waste) to 266 rural hospitals and clinics in Mongolia in 10 provinces and trained 1,730

Dulaan is the Mongolian word for warm. This project collaborated with Mossy Cottage Knits and KPC to inspire the generous spirit of the global knitting community to help empower rural Mongolians with warm, hand-made clothes. 2,3000 knitters from 12 countries shipped 50,000 handmade winter items directly to FIRE in the

FIRE hosted 23 volunteer medical professionals, ranging in specialties from nurses to Orthopedic surgeons, in Mongolia over six trips. They provided $720,000 of medical supplies to 348 clinics and 1,200 hours of training to 2,100 Mongolian health care workers.

FIRE’s initial focus when it began work in Mongolia was the distribution of basic aid, specifically winter clothing, to the poorest people we could find. In one of the coldest countries in the world, winter clothing allowed children to go to school and adults to work. FIRE reached 15 of