Zorig Foundation
{{Short description|Mongolian non-profit NGO}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Zorig Foundation
| formation = {{start date and age|1998|10}}
| image = Zorig Foundation logo.jpg
| caption =
| location = Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
| key_people = Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun (Founder)
| area_served = Mongolia
| focus = Humanitarian
| homepage = [http://www.zorigfoundation.org/ www.zorigfoundation.org] [https://www.facebook.com/zorigfoundation/ www.facebook.com/zorigfoundation]
| footnotes = Affiliated with Zorig Foundation USA and Zorig Foundation Japan
}}
Zorig Foundation (Mongolian: Зориг Сан) is a Mongolian nonprofit, non-governmental organization (NGO) established in October 1998 after the assassination of Mongolian pro-democracy politician Zorig Sanjaasuren. The Zorig Foundation stated that its goal was to spread democratic values in Mongolia.
History
Zorig Sanjaasuren (1962–1998) was a prominent Mongolian politician and leader of the country's 1990 democratic revolution.Rossabi, Morris. Modern Mongolia: From Khans to Commissars to Communists. 2005, University of California Press paperback, 2. {{ISBN|0-520-24419-2}} He is called the "Golden Magpie of Democracy" (Mongolian: Ардчиллын алтан хараацай, Ardchillyn altan kharaatsai).{{cite web|title=Sights in Ulaanbaatar|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mongolia/ulaanbaatar/sights?page=2|access-date=27 July 2012}} He was murdered in 1998; his murder case is still unsolved. After his death, his sister, Oyun, entered politics and founded the Civil Will Party along with the Zorig Foundation.{{citation | last=Beetham | first=David | year=2007 | title=Parliament and democracy in the twenty-first century: a guide to good practice | publisher=Inter-Parliamentary Union | isbn=978-92-9142-366-8 | page=202 }}
Projects
Zorig Foundation runs two notable programs: the Young Leadership Program (YLP) and the Environmental Fellowship Program (EFP).{{cite news |title=Zorig Background Sheet}}
The Zorig Foundation provides scholarships to Mongolian students studying domestically. Each scholarship is provided through a partnership with the Foundation and various organizations and companies, such as the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Rio Tinto, and The Asia Foundation.{{cite web|title=The Asia Foundation, Shirin Pandju Merali Foundation and Zorig Foundation Award Scholarships to Mongolian Women|date=29 September 2011|url=http://asiafoundation.org/news/2011/09/the-asia-foundation-shirin-pandju-merali-foundation-and-zorig-foundation-award-scholarships-to-mongolian-women/}}
Organizational structure
The head of the foundation is Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun, a Mongolian politician who is also the Director of External Affairs at the Green Climate Fund. Its current executive director is Maralmaa Munkh-Achit. The foundation auditing board's members are as follows: Bold M., Solongo J., and Sukhbaatar D.{{cite web |title=Foundation 10 Year Report |url=http://zorigfoundation.org/web/wp-content/uploads/.../Tenyearreport.doc}}{{cite news|last=Gardi|first=Badruun|newspaper=Executive Director}}