The Beginning of a Dream: The Story of Sarnai
Sarnai lives with her family in Shiveegovi soum in Govisumber aimag. Although she used to be shy and reserved, she had a story of personal growth through her participation in a program. Her family move to Shiveegovi soum in the autumn of 2022. Initially, when Sarnai arrived at her new location, she ...
J.Bayartsetseg: Three youth teams have been selected and received the grant
Since 2020 Save the Children has been implementing a 4-year project titled “Entrepreneurship-Focused Socio-Emotional Skills for the Most Vulnerable Youth in Rural Mongolia” in 25 soums of Khovd, Zavkhan, Uvurkgangai, Gobisumber, and Sukhbaatar provinces. This project aims to develop soft skills ...
The humanitarian program that benefitted many
-Impact of “Livelihood support for children and rural herder families affected by sandstorms in Mongolia” project- A strong sandstorm swept across Mongolia in March 2021 affecting 154 soums* in 16 provinces. The unprecedented violence of the dust storm caused extensive property damage and heavy ...
Ts. Purevsuren: Not only the students, but also the teachers have learned and developed a lot
As part of the “Entrepreneurship-Focused Socio-Emotional Skills for The Most Vulnerable Youth in Rural Mongolia” project, Save the Children is featuring success stories of project teachers/counselors, graduates, and business coaches in a series. This time we present the story of Ts. Purevsuren, ...
Humanitarian assistance reached herders in Altai province
– Implemented project funded by Japan Platform- A strong dust storm swept across Mongolia in mid March, 2021 affecting 154 counties in 16 provinces. 706 persons went missing in the storm and 10 of them died; 531 homes and 2,254 fences and barns collapsed; and 134,266 head of livestock perished...
Lost education, chance given
Constraints incurred from an education left behind During the transition to a market economy in the 1990s many children in Mongolia dropped out of school: some went for work, some started helping parents with herding livestock. This had a number of negative impacts on their further lives. Nowadays, ...
Juldyz: I am a brave girl who do not afraid of spiders
Juldyz* is a 13-year old Kazakh herder girl from Tsengel soum, far western village of Mongolia. She lives with her parents and a younger sister while her another two sisters stay in their relatives’ home during school session as they cannot commute to school from their home due to the long distanc...
Phoenixes of Most soum assist students to spend their free time productively
Since 2021, grant competitions for small scale projects in the target soums of 5 provinces were organized within the “Entrepreneurship-focused socio-emotional skills for the most vulnerable youth in rural Mongolia” project to support children and youth with entrepreneurial minds to create posi...