Asral NGO is an award-winning NGO established in 1992 by Venerable Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche, working in partnership with local government and community leaders. Children are at the heart of what we do. Asral’s strategy is to protect vulnerable children by preventing families from breaking up.

Asral NGO’s centre in Ulaanbaatar was built in 2003 and employs nine full-time and two part-time staff, including a director, social worker, accountant, cook, maintenance man, trainer in vegetable growing and two part-time teachers.

Established in the heart of the shanty district, the centre houses Asral’s training programmes, English teaching classes, community room, Hot Meal Project, Social Work Programme and the MIM felt-making project. Thousands of vulnerable people have been supported by Asral NGO’s humanitarian projects.

Burmaa Sambuu

DIRECTOR

Burmaa has a Masters in Social Work from the Mongolian National University, and has worked for Mongolian government organisations as a social worker and social services officer. She has been trained in Entrepreneurial Project Training, Mongolian Human Resources Management, Methodology Training, Mongolian Family Studies Civic Legislation Training, Social Services Training on Human Trafficking Crimes and in Equal Rights

Chimeddagva

TRUSTEE

Chimeddagva is Project Coordinator and Chief Advisor for TSL for SME promotion JICA in the Mongolian Ministry of Finance. He is board member of the Social Health Insurance National Council and the board chairman of Chinggis Khan Bank and the Economist. He is Project Manager for the TSL Project, former Economic Advisor to the Economic Standing Committee, the Parliament of Mongolia and for the Minister of Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Frank Conway

TRUSTEE

Frank is an award-winning film and theatre designer. He represented Ireland at the World Stage Design exhibition in Wales and the UK at the Prague Quadrennial in the Czech Republic. He is a member of the Board of Jampa Ling Northern Ireland. He is a former consultant to the department of the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister). He lectured in scenography at the National College of Art and Design, Trinity College, the National University, Dublin Institute of Technology and at the Motley Design Course, Covent Garden.

Ueli Minder

TRUSTEE

Ueli is a former director and CEO of FPMT, Mongolia. He is a teacher and advisor to the Dept of Health and Social Welfare in Switzerland.

Chimmedlkham Tsedevdorj

TRUSTEE

Chimmedlkham is a senior officer in the General Education Policy Department in the Ministry of Education, Culture Science and Sports of Mongolia. Education Research Institute is a national research institute responsible for conducting educational researches in different levels and developing recommendations. In addition, the Institute is responsible for implementation of international and domestic education projects in the country.

Barmid Tuul

TRUSTEE

Barmid is a former research worker at the Institute of Education of Mongolia and former senior officer of the primary education sub- project of DANIDA project / Danish and Mongolian school support project.

Uuganbayar

TRUSTEE

Uuganbayer is a construction engineer and has a degree in Mongolian law. He is company director of Thunderclap Mining Company and South Oil Drilling company. He is a board member at Kunchab Jampaling and Javzundamba Khutagt Buddhist centre.