Winter in rural Mongolia is brutal for animals. Temperatures plunge, grass disappears under deep snow and ice, and severe winter superstorms ravage entire herds of horses, sheep, goats, camels and yaks.Help us build shelters in remote pastures where herders can bring their animals for sanctuary and emergency feed.Your donation protects animals and supports the people who rely on them every day. 🐎An example of impact:$25 provides emergency feed$50 provides horse blankets and feed$100 provides lumber to help build a shelter$250 provides lumber and feed for a shelterA monthly donation of any amount will help us build more much-needed shelters and to stock them with emergency feed and blankets for the more feeble horses.

Emergency support during catastrophic conditions in Mongolia such as dzud*, landslides** and sandstorms***.*Dzud are severe winter conditions such as occurred across 90% of Mongolia in late 2023 and 2024 which led to the death of millions of livestock, threatening the very livelihood of nomads. To learn more about Dzud, visit our website. We collect funds for animal fodder and direct support to affected families.**70 homes were lost in one state in June 2024 in a landslide. For future such instances we have a plan with local partner organization to quickly provide survival kits such as pots and pans, and dry goods including food and real blankets.***Sandstorms can cause massive destruction, such as one in March 2021 in which lives were lost, 531 homes were destroyed, and 134,000 livestock perished. For future such instances we have a plan with local partner organization to quickly provide survival kits such as pots and pans, and dry goods including food and real blankets.Your donation now will go a long way to:- Help families receive survival kits- Help nomads' livestock (including horses, sheep, goats, yaks, camels, cows) survive- Provide emergency support to affected nomad families whose livelihoods depend on this ancient way of lifeFor example, your donation can provide:$25 for emergency non-perishable food staples$50 provide pots and pans and emergency food to someone whose home has been swept away$250 provides new bedding and clothing to a flooded home$500 helps a family get a replacement tent home (ger/yurt)Your monthly donation will help the nomad family replace livestock lost to the natural disaster, thus helping them and their way of life survive.Jeweled Horse Foundation is a federally-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity.

Help us support the expansion of Compassion Training Mongolia's program to expand Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT®).Compassion Training Mongolia successfully launched in 2023.Already, more than 1,000 government healthcare workers, teachers and law enforcement personnel in dozens of locations have received this training for free.There is much demand to expand the reach of this training to more public servants and others.Many hundreds of corporate professionals have paid to receive this training to help cover a portion of the costs, but we need your help to expand this important training.Your donation will help:- pay for certification of additional facilitators- cover rental cost of training space- provide training for public servants such as government healthcare workers, teachers and law enforcement personnel- expand this training into regions beyond the capitalWhat is CBCT®?CBCT® is Cognitively-Based Compassion Training, which was developed at Emory University. CBCT® is a highly researched compassion training program, with the following outcomes:Significant decrease in:stress biomarkers and inflammatory responsedepressionlonelinessPTSD symptomsSignificant increase in:compassion and related neural activityempathy and related neural activityself-compassionhopefulnessJeweled Horse Foundation is a federally-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity.

Our program partner, the Diluv Hutugthu Foundation (DHF), is an educational organization based in Ulaanbaatar.Please donate any amount to support DHF’s vital initiatives, which include reducing pediatric tuberculosis, translating select books into Mongolian, and creating impactful educational exhibitions.Book Publishing and Translation ProjectThe Foundation fosters research and shares knowledge by publishing original works and translating select titles into Mongolian. With eight books published to date, additional funding means even more books can be translated.The average cost to translate and publish a book is US $7,000, which covers research, proofreading, and the following core expenses:Translation: $3,000Editing: $1,500Copyright: $500Publishing (500 copies): $2,000Zero TB in KidsPartnering with Johns Hopkins University and Mongolian health authorities, DHF is working to reduce TB transmission in children. DHF leads coordination and public health education, while Johns Hopkins and regional health departments handle detection, testing, and treatment.Educational Exhibitions and EventsDHF hosts year-round events in Ulaanbaatar and organizes exhibitions—such as "Khutughtu and Lattimore: Legacy Beyond Borders"—that highlight significant historical figures and their impact.The Foundation also creates high-quality companion books for these showcases. Your donation will help expand these ongoing activities by covering essential costs like printing, space rental, and the international transportation of exhibit items.

Please contribute to our General Fund so that we may prioritize important projects, current and future.Donating to our General Fund provides us with the flexibility to apply funds where needed. Whether for humanitarian support, helping the animals, a mental wellbeing program, or one of our smaller programs such as supporting culture, general fund donations are extremely helpful.We also require resources for program development, as there is much more we wish to accomplish, from scholarship funds to resilience projects.Please consider a monthly donation to sustain impact.Thank you!To make a gift of stock, please contact us at contact@JeweledHorseFoundation.org.Jeweled Horse Foundation is a federally-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity.