"Tuya's Trip" to Darkhan

This week I had the pleasure of distributing copies of "Tuya's Trip", a story written by Anita Fahrni-Minear and illustrated by Rina Jost, to students and English teachers in Darkhan.

Anita loves Mongolia and has volunteered so much of her time and effort into supporting education and environmental programs here. "Tuya's Trip" is the convergence of both her passions. With support from Admon Printing, International Takhi-Group, The Asia Foundation, and Kulturpool Regio Frauenfeld, Anita has published 10,000 copies of "Tuya's Trip" to be distributed to intermediate to advanced English language learners in Mongolia's schools and organizations working with children to provide them with reading material in English (with a Mongolian translation in the back).

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"Tuya resents having to join her mother on a work trip to the remote Takhintal. She and her classmates in Ulaanbaatar have other plans for the summer vacation. But through her new friend Munkhjargal, the daughter of the park director of the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, Tuya discovers rare animals in a stunning landscape. She comes to appreciate her mother's conservation efforts in a unique part of Mongolia previously unknown to her."

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The foreign language teachers at all of Darkhan's public and private schools attended a seminar, and the books were handed out to them at the conclusion of the seminar. Oyunbileg, who oversees the foreign language programs in Darkhan-Uul Province, put together a list of all the schools with English language programs and the number of 10th grade students at each school, which made the book distribution happen with precision and efficiency. The books are to be given to each of the students to keep and take home, but I imagine they'll find their way into English language instruction. With teaching materials and resources often in short supply, particularly for public school teachers, some teachers asked for extra copies to use for future classes.

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Thank you, Anita, for your love for Mongolia and its children.