Jun 01
Sylvia WongGlobal Concerns Clubs, Student Action Child Survival, Club, Global Concerns Classroom, Malaria, Plumpy'nut, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, Water Walk
Club members get ready to share about child malnutrition with Plumpy'nut tasting
Did you know 22,000 children die every day from preventable causes like malnutrition? Club members at St Vincent Ferrer High School decided to bring awareness of some of the issues facing child survival to their school community. As a start, to convey the gravity of the issue, club members made a banner filled with 22,000 dots to represent the number of child deaths that occur every day.
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Apr 30
Sylvia WongStudent Action, Water Club, Fundraiser, Trevor Day School, Video, Water Walk
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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Apr 22
Sylvia WongGlobal Concerns Clubs, Water Club, Fundraiser, Trevor Day School, Water Walk
Brett's water walk invite sent to the Trevor community
I love Brett’s emails and Mac’s design elements! I wish there was a way to show this larger, but hey…I still wanted to share! Plus, how cool is this going to be? I can’t wait to be there next week!
HEY TREVOR!
It’s that time again! Global Concerns is having another FUNdraiser for Haiti!
Mar 26
Sylvia WongGlobal Concerns Clubs, Water Club, Emergency Response, Global Concerns Classroom, Haiti, Skype, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, Water Filter, Water Walk, World Water Day
Students at SVF make a board game depicting a young girl's journey to fetch water and the possible obstacles she may face
Students at St. Vincent Ferrer High School have been learning about the water issue for the last few months during Global Concerns club meetings. Even before the January Haiti earthquake, club members were interested in exploring the water crisis and invested in raising awareness of this issue at school. The ultimate goal was to sponsor a well in Haiti through various fundraising initiatives.
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Feb 13
Joop KoopmanStudent Workshop, Water Annual Workshop, Fordham University, Fundraiser, Global Concerns Classroom, Global Water Crisis, Haiti, Millennium Development Goals, Water Walk
Over 100 students from nine different NYC high schools gather at Fordham University to explore solutions to the global water crisis
For the second year in a row, Concern Worldwide teamed up with Fordham University’s Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs for Concern’s Global Concerns Classroom’s Annual Student Workshop, which was held on Feb 12 at the Fordham Law School in Manhattan. This year’s theme was: “Global Water Crisis: Exploring Solutions.”
Around the world, more than 1.1 billion people do not have access to a reliable and sustainable source of clean water.
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