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Small containers: Big difference
28 April 2010
Han Chul Kim from the Republic of Korea works with the UNDP Water and Sanitation project in Mongolia. (UNV)
Ulaanbataar, Mongolia: What am I doing here? Let me ask a question first. Globally, can you imagine how many people lack clean and safe drinking water, and how many lack adequate sanitation services? Read
More about: Health  Poverty
Countries:  Korea, Republic of
Room to roam, pastures to feed, forests to breathe!
06 January 2009
Mongolia is home to 42.2 million head of livestock, but nomadic herders are encountering severe environmental degradation problems. (UNV)
Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia: By developing alternative economic activities and finding ways that local people can engage in and even benefit from the conservation process, projects as ours are able to help make local people part of the solution instead of the problem. Read
More about: Environment
Countries:  Czech Republic  Netherlands
Volunteering our service is a noble deed
18 November 2008
Dr. Darisuren Chanrav (left), a UNV volunteer from Mongolia, discusses health issues with a staff nurse and community member in Trinidad. (UNV)
Port of Spain, Trinidad: UNV volunteer Dr. Darisuren Chanrav shares her experiences working in "small island nations" across the globe - places that couldn't be more different from her native Mongolia. Read
More about: HIV/AIDS  Health
The fruits of entrepreneurship in Mongolia
22 August 2008
The sea buckthorn or 'charzargana' is found across Eurasia but thrives particularly well in Mongolia. (Olegivvit/Wikimedia Commons)
Ulaangom, Mongolia: A UNV volunteer has teamed up with Japanese partners to help Mongolians market some products with unusual benefits -  such as the second most nutritious fruit in the world. Read
Countries:  Japan
Saving wool and willows
03 August 2002
BONN: Sharavyn Tsendsuren, a 40-year-old widow, lives in Matad soum, a small administrative area in eastern Mongolia. Tsenduren lost her job as a state-sponsored veterinarian after the collapse of the centrally-planned economy in 1990. She moved from job to job, starting as a kindergarten teacher and ending up as a school janitor. Unemployed for a year, she struggled to care for her children, two of whom are disabled. Read

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