Health Project grants award ceremony

Yesterday, the Health Project awarded approximately $860,000 in small grants to 93 award winners. The grants ceremony was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and MC'ed by famous Mongolian radio host Ravdan. The Mongolian minister of health and the U.S. ambassador both presented the awards to some of the winners, along with representatives from MCA and MCC. Two award winners addressed the audience -- a representative from a hospital who praised the transparency of the grants process and the timeliness of the project in addressing serious health issues in Mongolia related to Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries and a representative from the Mongolia Education Alliance, an NGO that will use its grant to implement an interactive seat belt awareness campaign that will involve the participation of school children. In total, the Health Project will be awarding $3 million in small grants.