Partners
Mandal Fund projects are implemented in collaboration with local Mongolian non-profit organizations. Our principal partners are:
Mongolia Centre for the Study of Traditional Technologies
The Mongolia Centre for the Study of Traditional Technologies is an NGO dedicated to studying, promoting and developing the traditional knowledge and technologies of Mongolia. Supported by tourism revenues provided through the Mandal Fund, the Traditional Technologies Centre brings together leading Mongolian anthropologists, historians, archaeologists and artisans in an effort to:
- research, document and reconstitute the technologies and structures of cultural production that have existed in Mongolia from the stone age to the present;
- study the role of technologies and material culture in developing cultural spaces, behaviours and identities;
- conduct research leading to the development of products for the contemporary domestic or foreign markets, based on traditional technologies;
- promote awareness of Mongolian traditional technologies and products both domestically and abroad, through exhibitions, publications and other means;
- offer training for artisans and for the general public in the authentic use of traditional technologies;
- create opportunities for Mongolian and foreign scholars and organizations to undertake joint research or other projects involving the study, documentation or restoration of Mongolia's traditional technologies.
Museum, Training and Research Centre of Dornogov'
The main activities of the Museum involve collecting, studying, and presenting to the public objects connected with the history, ethnography and natural history of the east Gobi. The Museum was established in 1979 and was completely renovated in 2001, with the addition of new objects to the collections. The museum is jointly administered with the Danzanravzhaa Museum, established in 1991, which presents the heritage of Noyon Xutagt Danzanravzhaa.
See also: Dornogov Aimag Museum
Tavan Dohio
This NGO was founded in Dornogov' aimag in 1998, with the following goals:
- Supporting education among the rural population,
- Protecting and restoring the ecology of the Gobi,
- Promoting, protecting and preserving historical and cultural monuments,
- Developing tourism in the Gobi region.
Since 2000 Tavan Dohio has collaborated with the Museum, Training and Research Centre to promote the registration of historical and cultural monuments in Dornogobi.
 | In commemoration of the legacy and teachings of His Holiness Dulduit Danzanravzhaa Fifth Wrathful Noble Xutagt of the Great Gobi (1803-1856) I did not overbearingly sophize Nor preach with pride and arrogance But having found a sense in this world Spoke the truth of my dear heart. |   |