I had news from Mongolia on Friday that left me feeling sad. My sponsorship child has moved with his father out of reach of the link charity CNCF - Christina Noble Children's Foundation B is 17 soon and I hope he is OK. I've sponsored him since October 2005. He has gone to live in a mining town about 330kms from UB with his father who has obtained work. Hopefully B is in school but it is possible that he is working in some form of mining. There seems to a mixture of controlled mining and wild cat prospecting in Mongolia. I wonder which it is that has attracted B's father? I'm not likely to find out until Summer when B should visit UB to pick up his savings book. CNCF will try to maintain contact with B as far as possible. In the meantime I am going to be allocated a new child for sponsorship. This is an exciting prospect, but I can't forget B. I hope he is safe. God and Blue Heaven go with you B.
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This picture is from a book b
by Marco Van Duyvendijk called Mongolia available from www.artimo.net
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This is artesian mining for gold by self employed miners, sometimes called Ninja miners, after the green packs they carry on their backs - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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