Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On September 16th Cemaaterr annual Project
Steering Committee meeting took place. At the end of the meeting, the Arkhangai
Vice Governor, Mr. Munkhbat V., surprised Ms. Beatriz Maroto Izquierdo,
awarding her the Arkhangai province's 'Honorable Medal' for her
contribution in the last four years to Geres work in the Aimag. In the words of the Vice Governor, Geres has
done splendid work in the Aimag since 2012 developing the organic vegetable
farming sector, working in the energy efficiency of the public buildings, and
contributing to the fight against climate change in the province. Most concretely speaking, in the last four
years, Geres built two passive solar greenhouses in a school, and a Hospital
continued supporting female CSO farmers through the Impact project. And through the Cemaaterr project, built the first Energy
Efficiency Shelter for victims of Domestic violence, did a participatory
vulnerability risk assessment to climat
“
Even though it was very cold inside the
house in the past winters, we did not insulate it due to limited financial and
human resources. As a result of learning [from the Simple Solution Campaign] I
can now insulate my own house with simple and affordable solutions,” said Ankhbayar
B., a resident of the 16
th Khoroo of Sukhbaatar District.
The Simple Solutions Campaign launched in Sukhbaatar and Songinokhairkhan Districts
three months ago with a call to insulate houses using materials readily
available. I didn t know that heat loss would be
significantly reduced just by insulating our doors and windows,”
explained Ankhbayar B.