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Shepherding Tradition ›

Topics: Peaceful Change, Economic Development, Agriculture

Here in a nomad camp in Mongolia's southernmost province, the Master Herder is dressed in a black velvet jacket, grey corduroy pants and blue hiking boots.

Faces of the Gobi ›

Topics: Peaceful Change, Economic Development, Civil Society, Agriculture

Here are some of the people and landscapes we encountered on a two-week, 1,600 mile journey over Mongolia's deserts, mountains and steppes.

Miracle Growth ›

Topics: Agriculture, Economic Development, Peaceful Change

This is a story about how political transformation, tourism and tomatoes created an oasis in the southernmost reaches of the Gobi. It begins with a man named Poli.

Preserving Nomadic Life ›

Topics: Agriculture, Economic Development, Peaceful Change

In the sometimes-splendid isolation of the Gobi, Tumurchuluun knows that herding is good work, important work. And Mercy Corps knows that, too.

A Journey Begins with Two Flat Tires ›

Topics: Peaceful Change, Economic Development, Agriculture

Travel in Mongolia is some of the toughest I've ever experienced: regardless, we rumbled more than 1,600 miles across desert, steppes and mountains.

Mongol Rally: People and Projects ›

Mercy Corps supports rural Mongolian communities and herding families with economic, agricultural and civil society programs.

Q&A with Mercy Corps' County Director for Mongolia ›

Dominic Graham is Mercy Corps Country Director. Here he answers some questions about life and work in Mongolia, and how the Mongol Rally can help with our work there.

A Man on a Gardening Mission ›

Damba Chuluun from Mandalgobi has been named a "social entrepreneur" by his community. The honour of this title was given to him because, over the last four years, Damba has combined his ambition and his gardening skills to improve the lives of his community.

Job Skills in Mongolia ›

In the Khentii province of Mongolia unemployment is rife, but thanks to funding from the Mongol Rally the problem is being addressed in the community of Batnorov.

Basketball In the Land of Chinggis Khann ›

Topics: Sports

Don't be surprised if Asia's next great basketball prospect comes from the vast deserts where Chinggis Khann once roamed.

Mongolia Facts

  • Population (2008): 3 million
  • Size: slightly smaller than Alaska
  • Human Development Index rank: 112 (out of 179)
  • Mercy Corps has worked here since 1999
  • Primary work: Economic development for rural businesses, veterinary and other support to traditional herders, support of local organizations and access to commercial financial services
  • World's second largest land-locked country
  • World's most sparsely-populated country

Program Details

Since 1999, Mercy Corps has supported rural Mongolian communities and herding families with economic, agricultural and civil society programs.

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