Orange Day

Last weekend I received a call from an RPCV (retired PCV). His organization in UB and he are trying to raise awareness about violence against women in Mongolia. In his call he informed me that every month on the 25th it would be great if everyone could wear orange to raise awareness, and it would be great if i could get my school to participate this month to start the trend. I of course jumped on it and Monday (Tuesday was the 25th), had my interns go to the classrooms and explain what would happen the following day. It was clear that violence against women was not really a thought that the children had because we got a few chuckles out of the request. Yesterday was a mini success. A plethora of students wore orange and held the sign UNITE to signify coming together to stop violence against women. No one however, showed up to the second picture. I had involved other schools to the second picture but no one showed up for it from other schools either. It was a tad disappointing but really I was just amazed that so many kiddos wore orange. Going ahead, I am having the interns create an "Orange club" to get kids involved in creating monthly activities that will be held the 25th of every month. I am hopeful that the children will want to get involved and maybe help educate others in the community about the importance of taking a stand against not only violence against women but violence in general.