Mongolian women make and market dairy products

Summary

This project increases the economic self-sufficiency of 120 women in the Arhangai, Gobi-Altai and Zavkhan provinces, by training them to use modern technology to manufacture milk products.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In poor rural areas of Mongolia, an increasing number of females are heads of households (in Gobi-Altai 44.5% of families), who often lack the skills to financially support their families. Training women to process milk increases the economic livelihood of families, while also alleviating milk waste. Women learn how to manufacture 28 types of milk products, such as yogurt, butter, condensed milk and cheese that they market to hospitals and schools that often go without calcium enriched dairy.

Activities

120 women from Arhangai, Gobi-Altai and Zavkhan use innovative strategies and modern technology to make dairy products from fresh and sour milk. Three community associations organize to market dairy products locally to generate long-term incomes.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Jobs will be created for impoverished female heads of households. Raw dairy that is usually wasted will be used, providing quality dairy products to rural inhabitants, and profits for the women who make them.

Project Message

By learning to manufacture dairy products, women increase their self-worth while also improving the diets of the people living in their communities.
- Ms. Naidandorj Chinchuluum, Founding Director, Mongolian Women's Fund

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Ms. Naidandorj Chinchuluum,
Founding Director, Mongolian Women’s Fund
Baga Toiruu- 44, Sukhbaatar district,
Box 280, P.O. 46A
Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia
976-11-317904
Email:

Project Sponsor

Women's Funding Network

Organization

Mongolian Women’s Fund
Baga Toiruu- 44, Sukhbaatar district
Box 280, P.O. 46A
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Mongolia
976-11-317904
http://www.owc.org

Learn more about Mongolian Women’s Fund and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Mongolia and can also be found under Women and Girls.

For more information about Mongolia, read the Human Development Report on Mongolia or the Wikipedia entry for Mongolia.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 30, 2004.

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