scholarships to Mongolian students studying domestically. Each scholarship is provided through a partnership with the Foundation and various organizations and companies, such as Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Rio Tinto and The Asia Foundation seeking to fund students' education. Zorig Foundation establishes, manages and selects students. Community development Background Zorig Foundation's Community Development programs aim to assist low-income and vulnerable groups in Mongolia. Their projects mainly focus on empowering the urban poor of Ulaanbaatar. Projects range from improving access to social services to helping create a better sense of community for residents. Projects Implemented a project in Umnugobi and Dornod Aimags that provided over 50 families with enough livestock to become a source of sustenance. Helped rural citizens to grow vegetables, manually produce leather and cloth, make national shoes and saddles, make carpentry, domestically manufacture felt and felt products. They also distributed the necessary equipment and technology. Implemented a project to build 4 wells in the ger district areas of Ulaanbaatar. In collaboration with the 2660 District of Japan, they distributed 16 sets of injection apparatus to the Infant Research Center. With funding and support from the Ensemble Le Pegase and the Rotary Club of Osaka Central, Zorig Foundation gave 5-walled gers to 48 families in Ulaanbaatar with no housing. Organized a seminar on ‘How to overcome poverty in Mongolia: the current trends and needs of future research’ in collaboration with the German Economic Research Institute /March 2009/ Successfully confirmed the registration of 11,222 residents of Gobi-Altai, Zavhan, Hovd, Uvs, Bayanulgii, Bayanhongor Aimags and Songinohairhan, Bayanzurh, Nalaikh, Bagakhangai, Baganuur Districts of Ulaanbaatar, who were extremely poor and grouped under the 1st, 3rd and 4th groupings of the social welfare program run by the Ministry of Social Welfare and Labor /July 2009/ Organizational structure The Head of the Foundation is S. Oyun, a prominent Mongolian politician who is also the Director of External Affairs at Green Climate Fund. Its current Executive Director is Maralmaa Munkh-Achit. The full board of directors is as follows: Oyun S. Head of Zorig Foundation; Badamdamdin R. Former Member of Parliament; Badamdash D. CEO, Mongolian Airlines Group; Batbayar N. Member of Parliament; Batbold S. Member of Parliament; Bayartsogt S. Member of Parliament; Medree B. Vice President, Mongolian Bankers Association; Otgonbayar Ch. Head of the Foundation for the Empowerment of Rural Women; Chimeddorj T. Senior Diplomatic Officer; Sukhjargalmaa D. Independent Advisor; Enkhtuya O. Country Director, The Nature