Feb 17
Global Concerns Clubs, Student Action Field Visit, Global Concerns Classroom, Video No Comments
For more about our 2011 School Field Visit to Kenya, read highlights from participating students Brett Hahn and Francesca Conlin, teacher Sinead Naughton, and Concern’s Education Officer, Sylvia Wong.
Feb 24
Education, Student Workshop Annual Workshop, Education, Global Concerns Classroom, Haiti, Rwanda, Skype, Video 3 Comments
2011 Workshop Theme: Achieving Universal Basic Education - Exploring Solutions
Did you know? 72 million children around the world never get the chance to go to primary school. This year’s Global Concerns Annual Student Workshop brought together students to think practically and critically about the challenges involved in achieving universal basic education and to explore viable solutions.
Sep 07
Global Concerns Clubs, Student Action Global Concerns Classroom, Video No Comments
Jun 18
Displacement, Global Awareness Days Darfur, Refugees, Video, World Refugee Day No Comments
Displacement camp in DRC
June 20, 2010 is World Refugee Day. There are 10.5 million refugees worldwide, with more than half in Asia and 22% in Africa (UNHCR, 2009). Refugees are people who have fled their homes, crossing an international border, and cannot return because they fear their lives are in danger.
There are three possible solutions for all displaced people: returning home, local integration, or resettlement.
Returning Home – When circumstances enable displaced people to voluntarily return to their homes, it is important that they are able to return safely and with dignity.
May 21
Emergency, Student Action Concern, Fundraiser, Haiti, Trevor Day School, Video No Comments
Concern receives a check from Trevor Day School towards Haiti's recovery programs
On May 4th, 2010, Global Concerns Classroom went to Trevor Day School to give an update on Concern’s emergency work in Haiti. Since the January 2010 earthquake, the entire Trevor community has taken numerous fundraising initiatives throughout the school. Concern was invited to speak to the high school where a check was presented on behalf of the upper school.
Apr 30
Student Action, Water Club, Fundraiser, Trevor Day School, Video, Water Walk No Comments
Trevor's Global Concerns Club challenged students to walk 2 blocks with a jerry can of water as a fundraiser for water projects in Haiti
Sounds easy to walk two blocks with a jug of water? Wait till you try it… or watch the video to see how teachers and students at Trevor Day School fared during their H20 Walk FUNdraiser for Haiti on April 28 & 29, 2010. Sponsored walkers carried a full jerry can of water to experience a glimpse of what many children around the world face daily in order to get clean water.
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