Hundreds of really poor Mongolian children live in yurts around Ulaanbaatar or way out in the countryside. Outside temperatures plunge to -43C or lower in winter. Families live on dried meat and flower for months on end and the poor kids play inside with sheep knuckle bones, wooden toys or even pebbles. I have even seen children trying to overcome boredom by playing with pieces of ice in the bitter cold.
It occurred to me that marbles would be a fantastic toy in Mongolia. Those of us who enjoyed playing marbles as children will know what I mean. Marbles are clean, almost unbreakable, easily transported and best of all require no batteries.
If anyone wants to go down in history as the Founder of Marbles in Mongolia, please read up a little on Mongolia and let me know how we can get something going.
2007-02-01 19:26:18 · 4 answers · asked by Naut 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
This may be a great Corporate opportunity. Are there any advertising or marketing 'boffs' out there who can see a gap? I would really like to see an answer and some support here.
(As for 'Bull-Dust Beep1230,' he is no Mongolian, nor has he ever been to Mongolia.)
2007-02-03 20:03:20 · update #1
Have you contacted the Chinese embassy and suggested this idea to them? I know that sending anything (like care packages) into that country requires a great deal of hoops to jump through. It sounds like a great idea to me, good luck!
EDIT- Have you tried contacted the manufacturers of marbles and asking them if they are interested in donating some of their products to this cause?
I know that there are several churches that would want to get involved as well, but then you would have to hand out literature about the church along with the marbles and I don't know what your religious affiliation is.
2007-02-02 16:18:29 · answer #1 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a really nice and generous thought.
The only drawback would be that the next thing will be
Game Cubes for Mongolia, which is where our skeedaddled efforts at humanism end up.
Those kids are probably lots happier and saner than most kids in the USA.
Let's send some books and things to increase their knowledge, instead.
2007-02-09 13:58:15 · answer #2 · answered by Croa 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
theres nothing in mongolia. marketing there wud b pointless and a huge flop, partly becuase it seems they like there simplistic lives and might b resistant to change, and also becuase how are they gonna pay you, i seriously doubt an average mongolian wud have enough money to buy that kind of stuff.
2007-02-09 22:23:08 · answer #3 · answered by borred223 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh come on! There are already marbles here, if you want to know. Can anyone stop asking idiotic questions like these???
2007-02-03 04:20:54 · answer #4 · answered by Mongolian Warrior 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋