by Xiaowei Wang | Jul 7, 2015 | Blog Mongolia, Mongolia, Xiaowei Wang
By the end of my trip in Ulaanbaatar, the weather changed from steady rain to an intense, dry heat. Throughout this experience, I had an amazing group of 4H volunteers along with Binderya (my superstar project assistant) surveying ger district residents for the...
by Xiaowei Wang | Jun 23, 2015 | Blog Mongolia, Mongolia, Xiaowei Wang
It’s been a whirlwind these past few days in Ulaanbaatar. The micro-grant projects are underway, and some of them have been enormously successful already. Ger district of Songino-Khairkhan Ger districts are called so because they usually have a ger (traditional...
by Xiaowei Wang | Jun 15, 2015 | Blog Mongolia, Mongolia, Xiaowei Wang
After a week of learning new skills, brainstorming, and working together on their presentations, pitch day arrived! There were a wide range of projects, ranging from new media (video and social media narrative to create a fictional scenario and product for one...
by Xiaowei Wang | Jun 10, 2015 | Blog Mongolia, Mongolia, Xiaowei Wang
Hello, sain bainuu! Or, Сайн байна уу if we’re being proper about our script usage. Like a lot of Soviet influenced countries, Mongolia uses Cyrillic script to phonetically spell out the language. The change in language, weather and time zone makes Mongolia feel like...
by Xiaowei Wang | May 20, 2015 | Blog Mongolia, Mongolia, Xiaowei Wang
It’s hard to believe that a year ago I was just beginning to think about a project in Mongolia. There’s a lot of built up anticipation in these next two weeks before I leave, much of it to do with my long-standing interest in Mongolia… Coming from regional planning, I...
by Xiaowei Wang | Nov 25, 2014 | Blog Mongolia, Mongolia, Xiaowei Wang
San Jose is a great place. I’ve been living in the Bay Area since February and I’ve made it down to San Jose, California only once previously, for the ZERO1 LAST Festival. Prior to moving to the Bay Area, I was living on the East Coast, where cities are...
