Make the Impossible Dream Come True

For struggling Mongolian families, the idea of a college education can seem very remote—even impossible.

The Objective of Mongolia 21|21 is to locate 21 US service clubs to partner with Friends of Mongolia (FOM). The clubs will collectively provide 21 full-tuition scholarships for 21 Mongolian students – one student from each of the 21 provinces. The cost is just $2,000 per student per year. The goal is to have one sponsored student from every province by the start of the 2025-2026 academic year.

Often, students will come to universities with overwhelming debt or the guilt of their family’s sacrifice. Students will often attempt to work full-time jobs or multiple part-time jobs to pay off debt or send money back to their families in the countryside for basic necessities. Many times herder families will have to sell off part of their herd to come up with tuition fees. In Mongolia, the average income is about $390 per month, making a college education hard to come by without a great deal of sacrifice.

It's an outsized opportunity to bring education to a deserving Mongolian at just $3,000 per year/student.