2010 Summer Camping Trip in Mongolia part 1: the Family Support Village Edit PUBLIC_FLAG_#{@journal.pf_int} RSS feed of Kelly's latest journal entries Pdf 2010 Summer Camping Trip in Mongolia part 2: the Family Support Village Jul 24th 2010 23:09 Our first service location in Mongolia is the Family Support Village, which is situated on the verge of the capital city, Ulaanbaatar. About four thousand poor children live here. The village is like a relay station. Economically struggling Families get help from here and move out when their economic situation become better. 家扶村是我們在蒙古的第一個服務據點，約有四千多位貧童居住於此。它位於首都烏蘭巴托邊境，像是一個中繼站，經濟困頓的家庭於此獲得援助，一旦經濟狀況改善就會搬離這個村落。 In this village, the only three erections here are the community centre, the water pumping station and the wall surrounding the whole village. Mongols tend to paint their houses with thick, colorful paints, which is quite different from Taiwan. Taiwan’s buildings are usually in gray or dark colors. Except for the three erections, in every yurt lives a family. The yurts are actually not that small inside and it’s cool in summer and warm in winter days. Every yurt has a skylight on its top. Mongols open skylights in day and let the light in. Another thing special is the threshold, which represents the host’s dignity, so one should never step on it. Mongolia is covered with vast plains, so it’s dusty there. The floor is always dusty and people here use T-shaped wooden mop stick with rag to mop the floor. 在家扶村中，唯三的建築就是活動中心、供水站和包圍整個村落的城牆。蒙古的房屋習慣漆上厚厚、具有各種繽紛色彩的油漆，這跟台灣總是灰黑色的建築迥異。除了這三棟水泥建築物外，在村落中的一個家庭就是一個蒙古包。蒙古包內部其實不小，冬暖夏涼，蒙古包上方都會有一個天窗可打開，白天時可打開以增加照明。很特別的一點是門檻，蒙古包的門檻代表著蒙古包主人的尊貴，所以是不能踩踏的。而在蒙古到處都是大草原，風沙大，所以地板上總是沙沙的，在這兒人們總是用T字型的木拖把柄墊著抹布來擦地。