The club meetings
The Leaders’ project “A Toy for a Child”.
The club meetings and one mini volunteer project are moving right along. We began our club meetings by first learning the basics of culture studies/sociology which aimed at explaining words that will be used in future meetings when analyzing culture. At the moment, we have one mini- project in the process called A Toy for a Child. The Project waill involve getting the pupils to make toys that will be presented to children at an orphanage in the oblast.
Civic Engagement +Culture Studies project
The primary goals of this project are both to broaden the perspectives of Ukrainian youth and to impress upon them the importance of civic engagement. This will be accomplished by means of educating them about different countries, cultures, world views, diversity, and social movements while also incorporating practical application of what they have learned in the form of inspiring them to organize and participate in their own volunteer projects in their community.
The club meetings and one mini volunteer project are moving right along. We began our club meetings by first learning the basics of culture studies/sociology which aimed at explaining words that will be used in future meetings when analyzing culture. The pupils were asked to apply what they had learned to Ukraine. We also looked at a presentation on India that included basic information, but focused on the heroic efforts of Mahatma Gandhi to free India for Great Britain. Additionally, pupils got a chance to test what they know about the people, food, places, and music of Great Britain by playing the game Jeopardy. Most importantly, pupils took part in discussions that were designed to not only inform them about different cultures, but also getting them to start to think about their own country and the issues that are relevant to Ukrainians today. At the moment, we have one mini-project in the process called A Toy for a Child. The Project will involve getting the pupils to make toys that will be presented to children at an orphanage in the oblast.
December 13, 2011 Christmas Charity Fair
The event was dedicated to the St. Andrew’s Day and was much a success as more than 600 students , 450 families and 34 teachers of our school took part in its preparation and organizing work. 1598 UAN which the community has raised will be spent on the support for the underprovided families of the school community. We cordially thank all those who shared their time and efforts for the great event.
December 13, 2011 Charity marathon “Children for Children”, suggested by the local newspaper “OGO” was supported and developed by the CC Project students’ Leaders suggested the school community to share a food box with the underprovided families, disabled people and old pensioners as a present for the Winter Season Holidays.
The primary goals of this project are both to broaden the perspectives of Ukrainian youth and to impress upon them the importance of civic engagement. This will be accomplished by means of educating them about different countries, cultures, world views, diversity, and social movements while also incorporating practical application of what they have learned in the form of inspiring them to organize and participate in their own volunteer projects in their community.
The club meetings and one mini volunteer project are moving right along. We began our club meetings by first learning the basics of culture studies/sociology which aimed at explaining words that will be used in future meetings when analyzing culture. The pupils were asked to apply what they had learned to Ukraine. We also looked at a presentation on India that included basic information, but focused on the heroic efforts of Mahatma Gandhi to free India for Great Britain. Additionally, pupils got a chance to test what they know about the people, food, places, and music of Great Britain by playing the game Jeopardy. Most importantly, pupils took part in discussions that were designed to not only inform them about different cultures, but also getting them to start to think about their own country and the issues that are relevant to Ukrainians today. At the moment, we have one mini-project in the process called A Toy for a Child. The Project will involve getting the pupils to make toys that will be presented to children at an orphanage in the oblast.
December 13, 2011 Christmas Charity Fair
The event was dedicated to the St. Andrew’s Day and was much a success as more than 600 students , 450 families and 34 teachers of our school took part in its preparation and organizing work. 1598 UAN which the community has raised will be spent on the support for the underprovided families of the school community. We cordially thank all those who shared their time and efforts for the great event.
December 13, 2011 Charity marathon “Children for Children”, suggested by the local newspaper “OGO” was supported and developed by the CC Project students’ Leaders suggested the school community to share a food box with the underprovided families, disabled people and old pensioners as a present for the Winter Season Holidays.
Civic Engagement +Culture Studies project
It’s a pity to say that in our cruel world a lot of children are left without parent’s care, have to live with a feeling of loneliness and have to struggle, to fight for their survival. There are such kinds of children all over the world. Our town is not an exception. In Rivne there are a couple of orphan houses. Children live there in different reasons, these reasons are various, but the matter of fact is the same, they must be taken care by all the citizens of out town. I’m Olga Kravchuk and thanks God I have both parents and I’m ready to help those children who don’t have any. I’m from Rivne and I’m a member of a group of children who are willing to help orphans. These days in anticipation of holidays which bring family warm evenings, when all people gather together round the holiday table to enjoy tasty dinner, we want to bring the feeling of family presence into the heart of poor children. That is why we prepared Christmas presents for such kind of children. These presents are not bought in shops or boutiques, they don’t cost a lot of money, but they are priceless, because we made them with our own hands. They’re toys for Christmas tree, which will be standing in the middle of a big hall and will remind the children that they are cared about, as you know Christmas tree is a symbol of good holidays such as New Year and Christmas and it brings spirit to our homes. We want to bring this spirit to the big home
(I don’t want to call it orphans’ house) of the children who need to fell themselves happy. I hope that success will be on our side.
Sofiya BobylovaIt’s a pity to say that in our cruel world a lot of children are left without parent’s care, have to live with a feeling of loneliness and have to struggle, to fight for their survival. There are such kinds of children all over the world. Our town is not an exception. In Rivne there are a couple of orphan houses. Children live there in different reasons, these reasons are various, but the matter of fact is the same, they must be taken care by all the citizens of out town. I’m Olga Kravchuk and thanks God I have both parents and I’m ready to help those children who don’t have any. I’m from Rivne and I’m a member of a group of children who are willing to help orphans. These days in anticipation of holidays which bring family warm evenings, when all people gather together round the holiday table to enjoy tasty dinner, we want to bring the feeling of family presence into the heart of poor children. That is why we prepared Christmas presents for such kind of children. These presents are not bought in shops or boutiques, they don’t cost a lot of money, but they are priceless, because we made them with our own hands. They’re toys for Christmas tree, which will be standing in the middle of a big hall and will remind the children that they are cared about, as you know Christmas tree is a symbol of good holidays such as New Year and Christmas and it brings spirit to our homes. We want to bring this spirit to the big home
(I don’t want to call it orphans’ house) of the children who need to fell themselves happy. I hope that success will be on our side.
Probably everyone knows that the most important thing for children are parental care. Unfortunately not all children have parents, so our duty to help them.Helping orphans need to stop the manifestation of negetive effects among young people as homelessness, prostitution, alcoholism, drug addiction and gangsterism. All these problems are the result of the fact that in an appropriate and important moment of life orphans who had no one to support morally, psychologically, legally and financially correct.That's why I took part in the action "Toy for a child." We personally were sewn toys, and then passed them to children.Of course, this is just a small piece of what we could do, but children understand that there are still people who support them.
Personally, I think we need to do things more children to have hope for the future.Each toy will help to understand that the world still has good people who will be happy to help them!
Maryna Nearonova, 7A
Our world is can be a perfect place to live in as well as a place that needs to be changed for better. There are people who suffer from poverty and diseases, disasters and catastrophes. It is the main task of successful people to help those who are in need.
Charities have a variety of roles in the world today covering almost every aspect of human life. They provide food, medicine, bandages, prosthetic limbs, vaccination programmes, neo-natal care, water, irrigation systems, school-teachers, shelters, blankets, shoes, clothing and much, much more. They work hard to raise public awareness of the problems faced by many people in the world today and to raise money to meet the basic requirements of those in need. Many charities also respond promptly in disaster situations, sending emergency supplies to the worst- hit areas with impressive speed.
Other charities work in less dramatic surroundings, quietly looking after the elderly and infirm, supporting the terminally ill and caring for the depressed, suicidal and the mentally ill.
Charities concerned with animals and the environment are actively involved in rescuing and caring for abandoned, abused or over-worked animals, protecting wild animals and their habitats and lobbying the relevant authorities in order to get governmental policies (and national and international laws) changed for the good of the planet and its flora and fauna.
I was happy to be a participant of the project our teacher of English had initiated. We made some toys for kids who don’t have families and homes. At first I was not sure if I could do something by hands because I am not good at making things. But the trainer was patient to us and we did our best to make toys in the shape of Christmas angels to our future friends. The atmosphere was positive and I had a feeling of a sincere and effective deal. Moreover, doing such a good thing before Christmas is the best way to express yourself. I am grateful to my teacher for giving a chance to be a part of charity. For my share it was the first step for the future cooperation with charity organizations.
Dima Havrylevych a student of the 9th form.
There are several traditions in our school, one of them is charity for orphans in our city orphanage. During the year we collect clothes, toys, sweets, stationery to be given to the children who lech parental care and are brought up in the city Orphanage.
But this year we`ve decided to change the tradition and organized a school fair selling homemade cookies, buns, pies and cake.
I bet it was far more exciting than colleting money. The second step was making a toy ourselves.
Ukrainian people used to make little cloth dolls to amuse and entertain little children. Now this tradition isn`t so popular `cause there are lots of toys shops that sell what not.
However I believe that a handmade toy carries our love, attention and care to whom this toy is made. We also wanted to share this unusual experience with our friends from Connecting Classrooms.
A special guest was invited, a merited craftman, who taught us to make little dolls. Making them was fun and interesting. Beside while working we could talk about different things and ask some questions. Finally we had a mini – competition for the best design of these handmade toys.
Personally, I was rather interested in this activity as I have never done such things before. I also thought about a child who would receive this little gift. It was a great experience to construct something new and extraordinary and send the Christmas spirit to orphans.
We hope that the kids will be as excited as we. And the photos taken will remind us of the time spent doing a very useful thing.
