In every direction, everywhere you look, only a few Mongolians gers can be seen. As I began to think that herders hadn’t yet returned from their summer camp, a small car drove towards the ger – to whe...

The “XAMODX” artisanal mining NGO, established in 2005, represents more than 300 artisanal and small-scale miners extracting gold in Bayan-Ovoo soum, Bayankhongor aimag.

“I work as a liaison for others I do not have a right to just sit” said Saruul Jargal the leader of Bayanbumbugur non-governmental organization Bumbugur soum, Bayankhongor aimag, an ordinary Mongolian...

With committed and dedicated nature Tuya Damdinjamts, spent her young age and all her energy to improve the legal and social environment for unorganized and illegal miners so-called “ninja” not only f...

After graduating from high school, B. Tsog-Yuren yearned to continue her education but she had to herd livestock while she took care of her grandparents in the countryside. Tsog-Yuren is now the leade...

Samdan Choijiljav was her parents’ seventh daughter. She spent most of her childhood in Baatsagaan soum in Bayankhongor aimag. In 1997, she began working and selling dairy products in a shop in the ai...

The Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry, Mineral Resources and Petroleum Agency of Mongolia, and Sustainable Artisanal Mining (SAM) Project of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation succes...