You might remember that as we left our hosts for the last 3 days of the trip, Hemant and UP, were heading back to Jaipur to be part of the Race for Survival. The event was a great success – five thousand children of all ages took part in the race, spreading the message on gender equality. They ran with orange balloons to make the pink city orange for the day, and to send out a message “End Violence against Women”. I’m sure you’ll appreciate from many recent news stories how important it is for India to address the problem of violence against women, so it was gratifying for us to see how gender equality was a keystone in all the Save the Children projects we visited.
A colourful day…..
I’m sure everyone will be a winner from events like these, but these few went home with the medals…
Save the Children - India projects observed 