Surviving as a completely independent, donor-funded organization is difficult and we must now spend our time raising funds for the prolongation of our many projects into the coming year.

So what have we here at MonInfo achieved in the past half-year?

We have done much. Our journalists - the best in Mongolia – have produced nearly 400 news stories, each of which appear on our website for free in both English and Mongolian and have been read by people daily on six continents.

The work we have been doing has also gone beyond the provision of a daily news service and into that of overall media development. Our general manager, Robyn Garner, has led journalist training workshops relating to sexual harassment, human trafficking and lesbian/gay/bisexual/ transgender issues, has instigated a monthly media development group with key local and international organizations, has trained students at the Press Institute of Mongolia, and has worked with other organizations in media-related project development.

Over these next two weeks however, all of our efforts will be redirected towards fundraising efforts and a holiday break for our employees, who have had no vacations, even on national holidays, for the last six months.

We would like to say a deep and heartfelt thank you to everyone who has supported us over the last six months. Without your efforts, our ideals and beliefs about news and media in Mongolia could not have been realized. We hope we can continue to obtain funding and maintain our organization well into the future.

Our news service will resume on January 4, 2007.

Sincerely,

Luke Distelhorst

Founder, Director

Robyn Garner

General Manager

B. Bulgamaa

Senior Journalist

D. Binderiya

Journalist, Translator

G. Odgarav

Journalist

M. Mandkhai

Translator

U. Bayarmaa

Financial Officer