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Board change at our partner January 2024 There has been a board change in the board of our partner NGO Source of Steppe Nomads in Mongolia; Tabis (the retired former mayor of Sogog) and Kulshash (the retired headmistress of the kindergarten in Sogog) have stepped down and made way for the two new board members … Read More

Extended cooperation with Wilde Ganzen untill 2027 December 2023 What a great ending to 2023! Just before Christmas, we signed a cooperation agreement with Wilde Ganzen and our Mongolian partner Source of Steppe Nomads until 2027. The programme focuses on activities in education, health and economic development. We jointly contribute to the sustainable development of … Read More

Looking back and ahead with the Dhampus Foundation November 2023 Dentists from Nijmegen Etienne Lamee (l) and Eric Alkemade (2nd from right), and university lecturer Paul Ketelaar (r) For the past few years, together with Dhampus Foundation, we have had the school dentist visit the kindergartens, priamry schools and dormirories in our project areas two … Read More

August hay month! Summer 2023   August hay month! Myrzabeck Huan is haying on last year’s fenced and prepared communal grassland. He is 26 years old and lives with his parents and four sisters between the two nearest villages, near the mountains. His family is selected to farm and harvest the grassland with twenty other … Read More

Ben walks the Nijmegen Marches for preschoolers June 2023 Hello, my name is Ben, I am 13 years old and I live in Nijmegen Lent. Last year I walked the Nijmegen Marches and participated in the Marches Sponsor Run. Money was raised for a vegetable greenhouse then. That was a lot, more than 1600 Euro, … Read More

10 June 2023 Lena, the director of our partner organization, was in the Netherlands! We were very happy to see her again. With her and her fellow board members of Source of Steppe Nomads Mongolia we have a long-term relationship based on trust, equality and friendship. The timing of her visit couldn’t be better because … Read More

Projects visit October 2022 Our chairman Haaije Postma – with ambassador Tamar Valkenier and volunteer/son Tom Postma – spent more than a week in our project areas in Western Mongolia and was able to observe the status of the projects. Of course he had the opportunity to speak with board members of our partner organization, … Read More