The Lotus Children’s Centre is a Mongolian non-profit, non-government organisation working with vulnerable children and families to provide the basic human rights of shelter, food and education. Lotus has cared for up to 150 abused, orphaned and abandoned children at any one time and now currently look after 90 vulnerable children. Initially set up to provide basic needs for survival for just a handful of children in one apartment, the organisation has developed a kindergarten and a primary school to provide educational foundation, and is developing vocational pathways for employment opportunities. The newest expansion of the Lotus family is the development of a new orphanage centre, 20km from the centre of Ulaanbaatar, which our children moved into at the beginning of 2012.

Lotus has also developed several businesses to support Lotus financially and serve as a platform for our vocational training programs. TheAnanda vegetarian cafe has been part of the Lotus family for six years. TheLotus Guesthouse opened its doors on the 1st of April 2009 and offers a “home away from home” for our visitors and guests.

We are largely dependent on our generousdonors as we receive very limited financial support from Mongolian authorities. Also ourvolunteers play an important role in the development of the children and the Lotus organisation.