Ulaanbaatar
Youth leading Support Program for Disabled Entrepreneurs
SocietyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ “Our DEM” (Disabled Entrepreneurs of Mongolia) day-event for businesspeople with disabilities took place April 23, organized by "Zorig" foundation, its Young Leadership Program, DEM non-bank financial instition and "Khan" bank.
According to unofficial statistics, Mongolia has 117 thousand disabled people, more than half of them are living under the poverty line due to the limited employment opportunities.
DEM (means “support” in Mongolian) Project, being implemented by the participants of the Young Leadership Program, have been undergoing in cooperation with the Mongolian National Association of Wheelchair Users, “Navchin Shuuder” group, and “Eeltei Ertunts” NGO of mother with disabled children.
In frames of the project, the young leaders have developed www.dem.today website for online sales of craftworks by the disabled, and have created “Gogo Book” with the mothers from “Eeltei Ertunts” NGO. “The project aims to promote the small businesses of the disabled through organizing events and to support the industry where the disabled can produce their products of choice for greater profit," explained the young leaders at the day-event.
If someone wish to make his/her contribution to promoting the disabled entrepreneurs of Mongolia, he/she can contact the organizers through facebook.com/dem.today or ringing +976 99197769 on the phone.
