Shonhor Enkhbayar

Enkhbayar is 37 years old and lives with her husband and two teenage children in the Chingeltei district of Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. She and her family live in a ger, a traditional Mongolian nomadic tent, in one of the ger districts on the outskirts of the city. Her daughter and son both attend a local high school while Enkhbayar and her husband operate a shoe business. She began her business in 1994 after purchasing a sewing machine from her former employer. Today, she makes between 30 and 100 pairs of shoes per month, depending on the season. Enkhbayar’s working capital is now between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 tugrugs per month with a net profit between 400,000 and 500,000 tugrugs per month. She attributes her business success to both her excellent sewing and accounting skills. She is requesting a 1,000,000 tugrug loan in order to purchase leather, fabric, heels and glue for her business.

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