Mission Trip to Mongolia was a great success, measured not only in the number of people that we served but in proving, once again, just how much more satisfying true humanitarian work can be when it’s collaborate. The Lions in Mongolia really stepped up.
The catalyst was Denver Lion Myrna Ann Adkins, who’s been to Mongolia numerous times in her role as head of the Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning here in Denver, which works with immigrants and refugees to acclimate them to society in the US. We would be part of a Sister Cites delegation to promote goodwill between Mongolia and the US
We collaborated with the Ulaanbaatar Bichigt Lions Club through Lions Oyun Tuul and Davaa Tsermaa. Tuul and Tsermaa recruited other volunteers and interpreters to work with us at 2 sites for 3 days in Ulaanbaatar and also arranged for coverage from 3 different TV stations there. (Here is the video the language is Mongolian, but they’re still worthwhile to watch:
We saw 1,140 people in 5 days and distributed 1,015 pairs of glasses, including readers and 42 pairs of bifocals.
On the Mission Trip were Lion Dee Pape, Myrna Adkins, Steve and Susy Kinsky, Carla Osorio
