Wool-Aid partners with F.I.R.E. (Flagstaff International Relief Effort) and the Dulaan Project to send warm woolen clothing and blankets to the children of Mongolia. In addition to sending many items to the Dulaan Project throughout the year, Wool-Aid sent a large shipment of more than 400 items in November. These items are now being distributed to children in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city, to help keep children warm as harsh winter sets in.

Winters in Ulaanbaatar are extreme: It is the coldest capital in the world! It rarely gets above freezing during the day, and temperatures are often -40° at night.

Working with F.I.R.E. (Flagstaff International Relief Effort) and the Dulaan Project, Wool-Aid has been able to send hundreds of warm, woolen items to the children of Mongolia. They were distributed to children in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, where about 60 percent of the city’s 1.2 million people live without paved roads, sanitation, or running water.

And here’s a heartfelt thanks from some of the children and the wonderful people who care for them:

Wool-Aid partnered with F.I.R.E.’s Dulaan Project to send warm, handcrafted woolen clothing and blankets to the children of Mongolia. The shipment included more than 130 pounds of sweaters, vests, hats, mittens, socks, neckwarmers, and blankets — 230 items in all — enough to warm many, many children!

A heartfelt thank-you to all of the wonderful knitters and crocheters who gave so generously to help warm the children of Mongolia. It is exceptionally difficult to provide aid to children in such remote places, but you did!