Country report of Mongolia M.Purevjav (Ph.D),

Mongolian University of Science and Technology

Children and Youth Development Conference

“Expanding Opportunities and Equity beyond Frontiers” 29 June – 1 July 2015 Bangkok, Thailand

MONGOLIA • Location: Central Asia • Neighboring country:

– Russia – China

• Population: 3 million • Territory: 1,566,500 sq. km • Political system:

Parliamentary democracy • Capital city: Ulaanbaatar

Nutrition and health behavior of Mongolian children

• Underweight, deficiency of some major

nutrient not decrease significantly !! • Obesity is increasing seriously !!!

Current school feeding behavior of Mongolia

• 2006- “School snack” program

• Cookie • Mongolian

yogurt… • Drinks

“The agriculture based School Lunch” model

program under the initiative of Her Royal Highness

Princess

2008 year The secondary school of Altanbulag soum, Tuv

prefecture had been selected…

First model school 2009-2014

General information of Soum

Established year: 1926 year Location: 52 km from capital city Population: 3080 Number of household: 930 Number of children: 1180 Land: 565296 га Livestock number: 214,570 Climate:

average of January (-30°С) average of July (+28°С)

General information of Secondary school Established year: 1940 Number of students: 340 Number of primary students: 150 Number of dormitory students: 65-75 Number of teachers: 28

Objectives of the project 1. To improve food supply for school lunch 2. To develop sustainable supplying system of fresh and cheaper

vegetable and dairy products 3. To promote learning by doing in healthy diet, basic food hygiene,

food production and practicum of vegetable growing from childhood

4. To improve school kitchen equipment and service 5. To help financial system through the selling excessive vegetable

from in Soum area 6. To promote participation by multisectoral team at central and

local levels as well as community Governers School Students, Parents

To implement School lunch program in rural area successfully

Implementation period

1. Initial time of the project (2009-2010)

2. Project continue (2011-2012)

3. Developing and adopting time (2013-2014)

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School snack program has been changed School lunch program

Newly selected schools

1. Buren Soum, Tuv prefecture

2. Erdenedalai Soum, Dundgovi prefecture

3. Bayan Soum, Tuv prefecture

4. Uulbayan Soum, Sukhbaatar prefecture

Some facing problems

o Electrical supply o Storehouse for vegetable o Reconstruction of school kitchen

To develop the multisectoral cooperation

Agriculture based school

lunch program

model

School teachers,

staffs

Students

Governors of Soum, Province

Parents

Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture

Other volunteers

Some facing problems

Main results In Mongolia, there are should be 2 different kinds of Model of

School Lunch Program: as for city and for rural. This is very feasible Model for rural School, which is locates in Soum, far away from the capital city.

Model schools experience shown every school can develop vegetable growing and can increase fresh vegetable supply.

Students and teachers fully realized that they should help for the School Farm and has been actively worked for it. In the level of parents of students, Soum and the prefectural administrative well understood and supported related works.

In the future, it is necessary to satisfy the Nutrition intake, to fully solve the storage issues of vegetable and to improve the electricity supply.

Thank you for your attention and

Your Great collaboration