Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Ah yes, the Project

In 2011 MC implemented a huge, pioneering project in rural Mongolia. For the conference last week we put together a booklet outlining what we did and the results achieved. The Psycho-Social Support component of the project was a fantastic success - the idea being to help people who have gone through some kind of disaster to improve their mental state so they are empowered to help themselves, not just giving them money, or finding them a job for example.
You can see the booklet here:
Social Safety Nets project Your Success is Our Success Booklet

It has a success story from each of the 10 aimags (provinces) along with an outline of the components in general and specifcally for each aimag.
The final session of the conference was set aside for the program officers from each aimag, the managers from each aimag, and the UB project staff to share their experiences. The project has had a deep impact on all who have been involved, and as a result the session was very emotional and many tears were shed.

It's been amazing from my perspective to see the impact a project can have - both looking at the big picture with statistics and project outcomes, but even more so hearing the stories of so many project participants whose lives have been changed by their participation.

You can also see a video put together to show the project results:



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