ROTARY CLUB OF TUUL

The Tuul Rotary Club is one of the pioneer Clubs in Mongolia, established on February 23, 2004, coinciding with the 99th anniversary of the Rotary movement. In this historic year, 2025, marking the 30th anniversary of the Rotary movement in Mongolia, the Club continues its operations with 25 active members. Since its inception, the Club has successfully implemented dozens of humanitarian projects for the betterment of society, in collaboration with international sister Clubs, significantly contributing to the promotion of Rotary in Mongolia.

One of the most notable humanitarian efforts of the Tuul Rotary Club was the "Children’s Heart" Project, carried out from 2004 to 2014. This project became a hallmark not only for the Tuul Rotary Club but for the Rotary movement in Mongolia as a whole. In partnership with Korean Rotary Clubs, over the course of 10 years, the project enabled more than 300 children with congenital heart defects to receive life-saving heart surgeries free of charge in South Korea. The project also played a major role in developing the professional skills and capacity necessary to perform such surgeries in Mongolia, making a tangible contribution to the country’s healthcare sector.

In addition, the Tuul Rotary Club has carried out numerous other humanitarian initiatives, such as "Keep Mongolia Green"—Reforest Project, "Happy Smile", “Indian Doctors Medical Missions, VTT, "Happy Birth and Happy Baby", “Vitamin Tree,” and many more.

These programs have earned the gratitude of citizens, partner organisations, and project beneficiaries, solidifying the club's reputation as one of Mongolia's exemplary Rotary Clubs.

The Tuul Rotary Club chartered the Tuul Rotaract Club in 2005 and the Tamir Rotary Club in 2014 and has played an important role in expanding Rotary memberships and sponsoring and educating the younger generation of Rotarians for charitable deeds.

• Chartered: February 23, 2004.
• Number of Members: 25
• Presidents:

Clubs Sponsored:

• Tuul Rotaract Club, 2005
• Tamir Rotary Club, 2014
• Gurvan Saikhan Rotary Club, 2022

Implemented Projects:

Club's Signature Projects:

“CHILDREN’S HEART” PROJECT

From 2004 to 2014, the 'Children's Heart' project was implemented in collaboration with Rotary Clubs in South Korea. This extraordinary humanitarian initiative provided life-saving support to children in Mongolia with severe congenital heart defects that could not be treated locally. Over the course of 10 years, more than 300 children were admitted to leading hospitals in South Korea for free open-heart surgeries.

During this period, sixteen Mongolian doctors accompanied the children, participated in specialised training at South Korea's top heart surgery hospitals, and acquired valuable expertise. The project also provided ambulances and essential medical tools and equipment to the National Center for Maternal and Child Health, significantly improving their capacity to treat cardiac patients.

From 2014 to 2019, the second phase of the 'Children's Heart' project was launched to enhance Mongolia's heart surgery capabilities. A team of Korean doctors partnered with medical professionals at the Third Central Hospital of Mongolia to successfully perform open-heart surgeries on 120 children. This life-saving initiative not only transformed lives but also significantly improved the skills and expertise of local doctors, contributing to the sustainable advancement of cardiac care in the country.

KEEP MONGOLIA GREEN- CHOIR ECO PARK PROJECT

“Keep Mongolia Green” Project – Mongolian Rotarians partnered with Rotarians from South Korea to plant trees in order to reduce the desertification in over 360 hectares of land in five provinces of Mongolia.

The “Choir Eco Park” is the third project of “Keep Mongolia Green” and is implemented in Gobisumber province. Main goal of the project is focused on keeping environmental balance, decreasing sand movement, desertification and speed of dust storm, increasing area which planted trees, and developing the income of families and their living standard. The project is financed by the Rotary Foundation (TRF) and labour costs from the Mongolian Government.

The project saved 48 hectares of land for windbreak forest and planted 52,000 trees and bushes in the region. The forest plantation project includes a garden of endangered plants and vegetables, an irrigation system, and three wells. As part of the project, there is ongoing training for local people on mining sites, keeping ecological balance, and planting vegetables. As a result of the project, local citizens were employed and started their businesses as cooperatives.

The project aims to enhance the greenery in the Gobisumber province, not just by planting trees in the "Choir Eco Park". Therefore, a total of 9,936 (grown 8,280) seedlings of different species were distributed to families, communities and organisations during the implementation periods from 2007 to 2009.

INDIAN MEDICAL MISSION-VOCATIONAL TRAINING TEAM

The Tuul Rotary Club, with support from the International Rotary Foundation, initiated a Global Grant project to invite a team of Indian medical doctors to Mongolia. This initiative was a collaborative effort involving Mongolian, Hong Kong, and Indian Rotarians, as well as the Mongolian Ministry of Health. The project was successfully implemented twice, in September 2017 and May 2019.

A team of over 20 renowned surgeons and Rotary volunteers from the Republic of India, led by Mr Raj Sabu, former President of Rotary International, visited several key medical institutions in Mongolia. These included the National Center for Mothers and Children, the Third Shastin Central Hospital, the National Center for Trauma and Orthopaedics, Amgalan Maternity Hospital, and the National Cancer Center of Mongolia.

One of the key advantages of the Medical Mission project was that more than 300 Mongolian doctors from participating hospitals were able to perform diagnostic treatments in their facilities with the assistance of highly qualified foreign doctors. This collaboration provided invaluable on-the-job training and enabled local doctors to perform certain surgeries for the first time in the country.

The project has provided more than $50,000 in equipment and medical supplies for general surgery, gynaecology, kidney and urological endoscopic surgery, trauma, neurosurgery, and finger microsurgery. Opened up many future opportunities for continuing education and further collaboration in research and development between Indian and Mongolian hospitals.

“HAPPY BIRTH & HAPPY BABY” PROJECT

With the support of the Rotary Foundation and Japanese Rotarians, the project successfully reduced infant mortality in the following areas. It includes:

• We donated neonatal resuscitation aid models, manufactured by Japan's "Koken" factory, along with accessories, to 21 provincial maternity hospitals and 4 maternity hospitals in the capital.
• Conducted general training programs for neonatal specialists from 21 provinces and 4 maternity centres in Ulaanbaatar, the capital.
• We organised special training for midwives in remote areas to equip them with essential skills in neonatal resuscitation.

The goal of training was to enable professionals to prepare midwifery specialists to gain skills in neonatal resuscitation care for newborns with congestive heart failure, provide first aid to these newborns without any special equipment and eliminate incorrect practices. All care workers were taught methods of CPR, assisted ventilation, chest compression, drug therapy, and basic concepts of essential newborn care. Continuing this care will have a decisive impact on gaining newborn resuscitation skills for midwives, further reduce infant mortality, and make a valuable contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goal by 2030.

The club meeting: Weekly on Wednesdays at 18:00

Contact Information:

• Email: [email protected]
• Website/FB page address: Rotary club of Tuul, Mongolia
• Phone: +976 80199194
• Rotary languages: Mongolian, English, German
• Mailing address: Ikh Huraldai Office, Suite 405, Chinggis ave, Khan-Uul district, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia