Free The Children Assembly
We had a Free the Children assembly with grades 5-8.
Free the Children is an
orginization that helps children who are in need all over the world. Free the children also has something called "Adopt a Village" and it helps places like Haiti, China, Kenya, Equador, India, Sri Lanka and Sierra Leone. Any child can
change the world like Craig Kielburger, who founded of Free the Children at age 12.
Craig was born in Ontario, Canada, and as a kid, fought for children's rights after he found out how children rugmakers were treated in Pakistan. At the assembly we learned that even the simplest of things count, like
having a bake sale and donating all the money to make the world a better place.
For more info about Free the Children, go to
www.freethechildren.com
Posted by Alise P
Posted by Alise P
THINK-WE WORKSHOP
A group of Upper Schoolers went to a workshop called Think-We Workshop. We learned about a program called Free the Children which sponsored the workshop. We learned about many issues affecting certain people around the world. Some of these issues are child labor, not enough water, poor education, and alternative income. We learned that children our age work from 10 to 16 hours a day in certain countries in Asia and Africa. They have to carry water from a well 3 hours away! Free the Children helps families help themselves so they start off by helping the community build a school. When the village no longer needs support, Free the Children slowly transitions to another country. Most of the money goes to help countries get health care, clean water, education, and alternative income. If you would like to donate, please do. Go to Freethechildren.com If you donate you will get a big thanks from the whole Think-We program! This program works hard everyday to help children around the world.
Some of the 5th graders who attended the Workshop are planning a bake sale to raise money for Free the Children. Also some kids are doing lemonade stands and bake sales outside of school at their homes. We are working as a community to support Free the Children and help children around the world have a voice.
Our students were so excited when they got back from this workshop. They are thinking deeply about how they can make a difference and putting thought into action. WAY TO GO 5th graders!
ReplyDeleteDear Fifth Grade Global Citizens,
ReplyDeleteYou guys are AMAZING and I am so excited to work with you this year. My name is Emy, and I am a past MCDS student and now work at Free The Children. I am here to help you guys learn more about issues, like child labor or clean water, and support you in taking action! That is so awesome that you already have a bake sale planned, please, let me know if you need any help brainstorming other ideas or want support outside of school! Thank you so much for stepping up and working together to change the world, your passion is so inspiring! Keep me updated with your incredible work, I cannot wait to meet you soon and hear about everything that you are learning!!!
If you need anything, email me at emily.gelb@freethechildren.com !
Thanks Emy.
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Thank you Emy! If we are wondering anything we will definitely email you!
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P.S. Thank you for visiting our school!
For the people who did the workshop. Do you think that you hadn't done the workshop you would think completely differently about child labor, poverty and in general poor countries?
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I think the think we workshop was a positive thing, because helping and thinking about others is good to do. Since I live so close to were it is I might go over there and do some activities other people!
ReplyDeleteI think that the person who hosted Think We is a very smart person. The people in Africa and Asia are very lucky to have people who are doing this, and if they did not have it a lot of people would die of poverty. Also the think weworkshop ( I think) would help a lot people understand the meaning of poverty and how other people can't live because of it. Also I think it will help people not be so selfish and start to help the world.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is so inspiring. As parents, we have so much to learn from our children about the importance of global citizenship. Our hope is to take these learnings and act on them so that we can leave them a world more tolerant, more inclusive, and more compassionate than the one we are all living in right now. Please keep those lessons and inspirations coming.
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