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...
Training held to strengthen capacity of pediatric trauma care
Funded by the Australian Embassy Mongolia, Save the Children is implementing the “Strengthening capacity of pediatric trauma care and child first aid responses in rural areas” project in Erdene, Altai soums of Gobi-Altai aimag, and Saikhan-Ovoo soum of Dundgobi aimag. The project aims to...
Save the Children will implement a child protection project in Khovd aimag
Starting in January 2023, Save the Children’s project “Establishing school-based child protection mechanism in Mongolia” will be implemented in Khovd aimag. This child protection project will be implemented for three years by Save the Children Japan, Mongolia Office (SCJM) in col...
ESEL program expanded to polytechnic colleges and TVET schools
In the fastest-growing development, socio-emotional skills and entrepreneurship education are essential skills for adolescents and youth. Since 2020, Save the Children Japan has been implementing the “Entrepreneurship-Focused Socio-Emotional Skills for The Most Vulnerable Youth in Rural Mongol...
Save the Children launches a new office in Gobi-Altai aimag
A “Establishing school-based child protection mechanism in Mongolia” project by Save the Children has been implemented in Gobi-Altai aimag starting from January, 2023. This child protection project will be implemented for three years by Save the Children Japan, Mongolia Office (SCJM) in collabo...
Young urban leaders were empowered to implement a micro-project
Within the “Enhancing Youth-Led Engagement for Creating an Inclusive and Livable City in Ulaanbaatar Ger Areas” project, the participants of the micro-grant competition were involved in the training on January 7, 2023, at the premises of Save the Children. Eleven participants, selected as R...