Sainbileg lives in the Yamaat valley of western Mongolia, and is a local coordinator of the Snow Leopard Enterprises program. Her husband, Erdenebaatar, works as a ranger in the area.  They have four children. Their three oldest children go to school at Uvs Aimag, 130 kilometers from their home.

When she started participating in SLE, Sainbileg was excited to provide her family with additional income, but she didn’t know how to process wool or make handicrafts. The trainings helped her learn quickly, and she’s now a trainer for the area in which she lives.  Sainbileg’s husband is also very helpful, working to increase conservation awareness among the participants. 

In the spring of 2004, Sainbileg was asked to provide wool processing training to a neighboring area. She and and her husband traveled to the site by motorbike, and provided two days of training for 37 women. Later, when sharing her impressions on how the training went, she said, "It wasn’t that difficult, because the herder women were eager to learn how to process and produce handicrafts. I also had experience providing training and advice to the herders in my own region.  This helped me feel more comfortable, and I was able to see the best way to train these new, bigger groups."

Before joining SLE, Sainbileg and Erdenebaatar witnessed extensive poaching of wild sheep and goats in their community.  When they joined the program, they encouraged other community members to join as well.  Since her community became involved in the program, she and her husband have seen no poaching of wild sheep, goats, or snow leopards. 

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