Alcohol Awareness Week Update

Our alcohol awareness week went really well!  But a lot of the other volunteers didn’t do anything with it.  It was frustrating because I made all the handouts for everyone and Hannah (the other girl in charge) got food and prizes donated.  How easy was it for people to post some signs and bring some students?  Oh well.  But I think the students really enjoyed themselves!  Talk Talk English (an English school here) donated 60,000 tugrogs which is about $50 and 20 free hours of English tutoring for prizes!!!  All we had to do was show a small commercial of theirs.  I made a flyer for the week that says “Alcohol Awareness Week” at the top with the dates and then has each day listed.  We had a essay contest due on Monday, poster contest on Tuesday, students had to look at flyers and brochures hung around school on Wednesday, and Thursday was our party.  The bottom is a Mongolian saying about alcohol.  It says something like alcohol affects everything - you, your family and friends, job, school, etc except the bottle.  All in all for our first alcohol week, I’d say it was a success. 

Hannah and Tamira

Students watching the alcohol video

Group Picture