Bearing Fruit For Women's Day

Over the next few days, there will be some posts describing what we did to celebrate International Women's Day (March 8th) at the orphanages. This is a big holiday in Kazakhstan during which all girls and women are honored.

Posted by Ember Mumaw, Intern

Our van was full of the smell of fresh apples and oranges on our most recent trip to Savva orphanage. In response to the children’s need and in celebration of Women’s Day we gave an apple and an orange to each child. Fruit is expensive to purchase in the winter and often the orphanage children have diets that are starch overloaded with some meat and dairy. In some rooms the fruit was devoured before we even left! It was such a joy to be a part of giving something that was not only wanted, but so good for the children. For Women’s Day we wanted to communicate to each girl how special she was, that we were proud of her, and had hope for her future success. The older girls were given a nail polish of their choice and the little girls received combs and hair bows. This was the beginning of our Women’s Day celebrations here in Kazakhstan.