Association François-Xavier Bagnoud - FXB International (Mongolia)

Association François-Xavier Bagnoud - FXB International

FXB is an International non-governmental organisation (NGO) that has been fighting against extreme poverty for over 30 years. FXB believes in a world where everyone has a chance not only to survive, but to thrive. With the concrete implementation of children’s rights at the heart of the organisation, their mission is to bring about lasting change in the countries where they operate in order to eradicate extreme poverty and promote social justice.

In 2022/2023, the Eurofins Foundation is supporting the Integrated Community Development Projects (ICDP) in Mongolia.

The Dornogovi Province, located in the Gobi Desert, comprises a vast and desolate area. 23.2% of its 67,000 inhabitants live in severe poverty, with an unemployment rate of 68%. Most of the families, both nomadic and sedentary, depend on animal breeding, and the main challenges they face are very low employment opportunities, limited access to services and vocational training, limited access to start microenterprises, and very low financial literacy.

FXB’s objective is to help families create opportunities where they live rather than migrate to cities such as Oulan-Bator, where migrants have very few job opportunities and live in extremely precarious sanitary conditions.
The overall goal of the Integrated Community Development Project is to allow 100 families in extreme poverty in Sainshand, Zuunbayan and Ulaanbadrakh, covering about 500 direct beneficiaries, adults and children, to reach socio-economic autonomy and resilience.

This project contributes to the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals