Ulaanbaatar
90 household apartment, dedicated to blind people commissioned
Society
“It is a part of works implemented by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection (MLSP) to improve social welfare and support employment of persons with a visual impairment. Social welfare and protection issue for disabled people is a focus area of state policy on population’s development” said G.Unurbayar, MLSP State secretary.
It is the second apartment built for the persons with visual impairment after 31 years since the first one constructed in 1986. As of 2016, there are 100.933 disabled people in Mongolia, making up 3.7 per cent of the population. 11 thousand people among them are visually impaired.
B.Ooluun
