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Yangin Dulam is 50 years old with five children and currently lives in Damindinsuren khot ail. She has lost her husband and until ten years ago her family lived in the Bat Tsengal Sum Centre (the small local administrative town) where she worked as a clerk in the public bathhouse. With the collapse of the economy after the break up of the Soviet Union, Yangin, like many other Mongolians was forced to return to the traditional Mongolian nomadic life. Bright-eyed with a weather beaten face, Yangin doesn't seem to mind the change in her lifestyle. |
Yangin Dulam |
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With the additional income from the livestock loan, Yangin was able to pay for her son Bat Bold's wedding to Neya Srim. Neya's day is always busy. As well as the usual chores and housework, she is responsible for milking the mares to use for brewing airag, fermented milk with 3% alcohol content. The couple met at the annual Naadam festival and for their wedding Neya got carpets and furniture for their ger from her family, whilst Yangin supplied their new ger. | |
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Credit is also provided to vegetable production and income-generating activities primarily to non-herder households. Through the provision of small loans, extremely poor households can improve their nutrition and generate some income from the local trade of vegetables or by founding small local enterprises. In Bat Tsengal Sum Centre, the once bustling centre is now fairly quiet, as many people have moved back to the nomadic lifestyle. Obviously, those left in the small centre do not have the means to keep animals so the income diversification component of the project provides necessary assistance for them. |
Various beneficiaries and Bat Tsengal Sum Centre Length:
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Bau Um Lorj | Bau Um Lorj benefits from the project's vegetable production component, which helps poor families through small loans to grow their own vegetables. The vegetables help the family improve their nutrition and reduce expenditure. They have vegetables to eat all year round and a small cash income from the sale of surplus. Bau Um has already completely repaid his first two loans - a necessary step before being eligible for further loans. | |
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