AKIPRESS.COM - Representatives from Save the Children NGO in Mongolia signed a memorandum of understanding with representatives and administrators of the Ulaanbaatar mayor’s office, the City Council, the National Emergency Management Agency and the Health Department to provide Sukhbaatar province's herders with approximately 85 million togrog (around US$41.5 thousand) in financial support, reports The UB Post.

Save the Children, which conducts humanitarian and development projects and programs in over 120 countries, is supporting the Mongolian herders facing dzud at the request of Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia Tserendash Oyunbaatar.

Thus, the NGO is providing approximately 800 herder households in Bayandelger, Ongon, Tuvshinshiree, Sukhbaatar, Asgat, Dariganga, and Naran districts of Sukhbaatar province with 125 tons of fodder, and 400 herder households more will receive cash is they have less than 100 livestock. The NGO is also allocating approximately 30 million togrog ($14.6 thousand) to cover the cost of fuel required for vaccination distribution and for emergency vehicle repairs in the province.