Dzud. noun. (Mongolian: зуд) Mongolian term for an extremely snowy winter in which large numbers of animals die due to starvation and the cold.

“We had a very difficult period last winter,” said Uranchimeg Badambazar, UNICEF ICT Officer in Mongolia.

Uranchimeg Badambazar (a.k.a. Orna) is the ICT Officer for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Mongolia. Based in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, Orna is responsible for all UNICEF ICT in the country.