Its a Bear!

At the Saramoldaeva Orphanage, in Taraz, they have a nice garden area with wooden characters and mini buildings for children to play in. Among the characters is this animal that some, in the Interlink's youth department, think is a bear while others thought it to be a pig.

It seems, even within the orphanage itself there was no clear consensus. Finally, we decided to have a contest, among our children and care-takers, to see what the majority opinion would be. Making an exercise in the democratic process, we took this photo and asked this simple question. Is this a pig or is this a bear. Children and care-takers alike checked the name of the animal they believed it was.

The final tally of votes were as follows: Bear 22 and Pig 15. So we decided “It’s a Bear”!

One of our gals later asked around and found the man who carved this animal. He told her that he first made a pig and then turned it into a bear. In any case all had a good time with the overall voting contest about the bear in their midst.