We had some more good discussions with the staff and leadership. Charlie and I raised eyebrows a few times across the table as we learned about the lack of segregation of duties of the staff. We had a chance to meet a couple more members as well.
Hurtsbaatar is a quiet, older, hard-working man with many wrinkles on his face and hands that feel like sandpaper. His life has been improved thanks to Good Life SCC. His daughter introduced him to Good Life two years ago and he has obtained financing to purchase coal and gravel from wholesalers and he sells it to individual buyers in the ger district. He has an added challenge as the government recently introduced a law to limit the number of drivers by restricting vehicles depending on their license plate to drive one day a week. He stated he cannot imagine what his life would be like if it wasn't for Good Life but he knows it would not be the same as it is today. He has recently built a storage shed where he can store his coal throughout the winter to keep his supply.
Aram and Hongorzul live in the ger district and make horse-head fiddles, wood carved musical instruments. It was actually really difficult for us to locate their ger as more people are moving from the country to the ger district on the outskirts of UB and the streets are becoming harder to navigate. We had to drive up and down the bumpy, narrow laneways up and down hills before we finally found them. They read about Good Life in the newspaper a few years ago. Aram used to take the bus to the market to buy wood and supplies but he only had enough money to buy materials for one instrument. He would spend half of his sale proceeds for living expenses and the other half for more supplies. With financing from Good Life, he can now purchase materials from a wholesaler and make more than one instrument at a time. He can now afford tools as well to help make instruments faster.
Our meeting with Dashdulam was so heart-warming that we wanted to pay her another visit. We printed some of the photos we took and framed one to bring to her. She was so happy and gracious that we came to see us again and for the gift. And true to her word, the 10,000 tugrik note we gave her was already framed on her wall.
Hurtsbaatar is a quiet, older, hard-working man with many wrinkles on his face and hands that feel like sandpaper. His life has been improved thanks to Good Life SCC. His daughter introduced him to Good Life two years ago and he has obtained financing to purchase coal and gravel from wholesalers and he sells it to individual buyers in the ger district. He has an added challenge as the government recently introduced a law to limit the number of drivers by restricting vehicles depending on their license plate to drive one day a week. He stated he cannot imagine what his life would be like if it wasn't for Good Life but he knows it would not be the same as it is today. He has recently built a storage shed where he can store his coal throughout the winter to keep his supply.
Aram and Hongorzul live in the ger district and make horse-head fiddles, wood carved musical instruments. It was actually really difficult for us to locate their ger as more people are moving from the country to the ger district on the outskirts of UB and the streets are becoming harder to navigate. We had to drive up and down the bumpy, narrow laneways up and down hills before we finally found them. They read about Good Life in the newspaper a few years ago. Aram used to take the bus to the market to buy wood and supplies but he only had enough money to buy materials for one instrument. He would spend half of his sale proceeds for living expenses and the other half for more supplies. With financing from Good Life, he can now purchase materials from a wholesaler and make more than one instrument at a time. He can now afford tools as well to help make instruments faster.
Our meeting with Dashdulam was so heart-warming that we wanted to pay her another visit. We printed some of the photos we took and framed one to bring to her. She was so happy and gracious that we came to see us again and for the gift. And true to her word, the 10,000 tugrik note we gave her was already framed on her wall.
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