By Zahra Alam | Head of Projects
Under Green Channel’s awareness based program, this quarter the team reached out to a new school (for underprivileged children) called Change the Lives. In this school we led workshops based on environmental education, the goals of which were to introduce the following conceopts among children:
The team started out with a small introduction about Green Channel followed by interactive games. Some of the children participated by singing songs, staging a performance or showing any other talents they had.
Next, the team led a workshops on personal hygiene, illustrating the importance of using tooth-brushes and hand-washing on a regular basis. Through short entertaining skits the team then showed the children why one must not litter and how important it is to create a litter-free environment and to avoid both active and passive smoking. Cartoon videos were used to teach the children about causes of diseases, followed by an act about the types of diseases such as typhoid, jaundice and diarrhea. The 8 steps of hand washing were then demonstrated in an interactive way after which the children were asked to demonstrate if they could remember all 8 steps.
Next, the team showed the children a water filter that it had created with the help of a plastic bottle, pebbles, fine sand, cloth and charcoal, to produce pure water. Some of these children usually drink dirty water and thus thought this was a very simple and useful technique to produce fresh water for them and their families. .
The workshop was concluded with a short art competition followed by prizes for all the children. Special prizes were also given to the children who had the best two artworks. The children also received a pair of toothbrush and a toothpaste.
The purpose of this project is to continue the education programs among children. In the next few quarters we plan to also lead a few workshops in privileged schools, hoping to ultimately create a platform where we can bring both privileged and under-privileged children for environmental education.
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