Baatarkhuu grew up living with his mother, his father and his two younger brothers but his father died
when he was six years old. His mother started drinking very heavily and beating Baatarkhuu and his
brothers. They were very poor and they never had enough food or warm clothes. When Baatarkhuu's father
died, they had to sell their ger and went to live with another family. It was very difficult for
Baatarkhuu to live with his mother as she was always drunk or crying and he was very afraid of what
she might do to him.
Baatarkhuu decided he could not live in such fear and ran away when he was 12 years old. He
lived on the street for one year and then a policeman found him and brought him to the Child Address
Identification Centre. He did not like being at the CAIC because he was beaten by the older children
and was never allowed outside.
Just two months after Baatarkhuu was brought to the Child Address Identification Centre, a
World Vision social worker met him and invited him to live at the Youth Farmer Centre.
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He learned many things there, planting vegetables and taking care of the animals. He spent
seven months at the Youth Farmer Centre and enjoyed it very much. He is now at a Lighthouse Centre.
Later Baatarkhuu wants to be a construction worker.
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