On February 2, in our school, students of the 11th grade of the chemical and biological profile held an interactive conference "Dentistry as a science”/”Rules of hygiene of the oral cavity " for first-grade students.
First, the conference was host by a student of the 11th grade, Nikolay Kazetov, presented a very useful and informative presentation about the anatomy of the maxillofacial region, the structure of the teeth and the functions of the maxillofacial system.
Also, our young doctors held two games with first-graders, during which the children determined which food is useful and harmful to the teeth.
Students of the 11th grade also explained how to properly brush your teeth and take care of the oral cavity.
All the participants of the conference liked this format of lections very much. The students not only shared useful information with the children, but also improved their knowledge.
In Ghana, Government officially reopened all schools last week for academic work to continue after 10 months of closure because of COVID-19.
Schools had a big challenge in managing the children under COVID-19 preventive measures. YFC is no exception. But am happy to report that, the lessons learnt from the last seminar has influenced our way of taking certain actions differently from the normal trend.
First, the flowers we planted during the COVID-19 school closures have blossom and the kids are so happy to see that transformation and have taken it upon themselves to do the watering of them every morning.
Secondly, the school is working on a waste separation agenda. Three containers are available in the school. One to collect plastic bottles (blue) , one to collect sachet rubbers from water (yellow ) and last one for collection of burnable trash (papers, toffee wrappers etc) This has tremendously improved the cleanliness of the school. We hope to use the sachet rubbers for recycle products soon.
Regarding the plastic bottles, I’m happy we have already started reusing them as water bottles for the students, because they are not suppose to share cups or bottles in the school as a COVID preventive measure. In addition, some of the bottles are used as liquid soap containers for handwashing.
Lastly, we have announced the formation of Life-Link ambassadors project - the ambassadors will help with waste separation and a proper disposal agenda in the school. The school hopes to present a prize to them if they are able to achieve zero littering in their classrooms by mid April.
Ali Ibrahim Founder and Director Youth For Change Education
During this unprecedented time, many in our communities around the world have been forced to change their lifestyles and be careful when performing seemingly harmless tasks such as grocery shopping. Many have been forced to completely distance themselves from society for fear of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Sigtuna, Sweden there is a group called FRG (Frivilliga Resurs Gruppen or voluntary recourse group). FRG are an organisation consisting of volunteers who help out in crises such as this pandemic. They have set up a system to deliver food and other items to risk groups in Sigtuna who are not able to shop on their own.
On 11th November students at Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket (SSHL), in Sigtuna, Sweden met with a representative from FRG at the local grocery store to learn the procedure and complete a few orders. Two orders were completed and delivered out into Sigtuna by the volunteers. This effort has been continued throughout 2020 and we are persisting in our efforts even now in 2021. We hope to continue this work for as long as there is a need in Sigtuna.
It is important that we make efforts to aid those in our communities who are in need around the world. Caring for others is a central pillar of the Life-Link ethos and is a vital part of society. The purpose of this continuous action is to help those in need in our local community and develop new skills within the students at our school.
Care,
Seán Berglund
Student Co-chair of Life-Link SSHL
School D4 Arica- Chile with teachers Patricia Eloy and Gladys Hernandez and students carried out home gardening during the Covid pandemic. Students learned through Internet to grow and take care for seedlings and small plants. They learned how to grow and start their own orchard.
Students sended photos, videos and self made verses in spanish. Additionally they wrote messages about taking care for their own orchard and environment in general.
As part of the energy Saving Day, environmental lessons for the International energy saving day "Save the climate by saving energy and resources " were held at school № 684 "Bereginya". A mini-conference was held - the children prepared a story with a presentation in grades 9-11 on energy and resource conservation, exchanged views, and an interesting dialogue took place: "What is in our power to save resources and energy".
Separate waste collection, quizzes, exhibitions of posters and drawings were organized in different schools. A detailed story was told about plastic and its impact on the environment by students in grades 6. Waste paper collection en plastic collection was organized. Also an open lessons was conducted: "What is the separate collection of waste?».
During the lessons, it turned out that a partial sorting of solid waste is carried out in each family: useful things are transferred to other people or find secondary use in the family for toys or clothes. In some courtyards where the families participate in the live lessons, there are containers for general garbage collection and a special container for collecting plastic.
During the pauze, the lights were turned off in the classrooms, and the electricity was turned off in the corridors during lessons. This fulfills the recommendations of students after research projects "Save energy" and '“Energy saving is everyone's business”. These projects where developed on November 11th, in grades 7-11, during the biology class under the guidance of teacher Ivanova.
Students of 11A presented a social project of the volunteer movement "Ready for Good". The project is aimed at broad involvement of young people, schoolchildren in the atmosphere of life, where elderly and lonely people, veterans, seriously ill people, disabled people, orphans need their help and moral support.
The relevance of the creation of the volunteer movement "Ready for Good" is that it promotes:
formation of a wothy lifestyle for every person;
formation of the child’s life positions;
formation of a valued attitude to the social conditions of human life;
development of the ability to make an individual choice of housing.
Promotion and work on energy and resource conservation still continues at our school.
In connection with the situation that is happening in our world, namely the pandemic and the spread of coronavirus, our school has taken certain security measures.
First of all, we equipped our school's classrooms with masks in the form of decorations.This is quite convenient for those who do not have a mask at home. You can just take it from the ceiling. Also we have equipped our classrooms with antiseptics that are used by every person who enters the room.
Additionally every person who enters the school approaches the guard who measures the students temperature. Teachers also have personal protective equipment as masks and gloves. Last but not least the class contains purifier of air, which is important for containing the spread of the virus.
6 Students of Youth for Change Educational Centre – school located in Kumasi – Ghana, have decided to embark on waste separation initiative to help save mother nature. Indiscriminate disposal of waste is a widespread problem in Ghana. Among the waste are plastics which are causing so much havoc to destruction of our fertile farm lands, animals, air pollution, etc.
The students from 10 th November decided to serve as ambassadors of change, labeled two (2) containers and placed them in their classroom. By this, they encouraged their friends to do same and avoid indiscriminate littering in the classroom and the school at large.
It is our hope that, the separated items will be reused for other purposes including using the
plastic bags for nursing of flowers for replanting at the school, the papers can also be used as part of composting which could be used as fertilizer to the school’s flowering pots.
It’s our hope that we will continue with this education at home and encourage others to take this responsibility to help safe Mother Nature.
When school resume in full session from January 2021, we will continue with this initiate to bring about change to ourselves, change to others and save mother nature.
Teachers Patricia Eloy and Gladys Hernández did carry out a project from 2019 to 2021 “Orchard at School and at home”. It was organised together with students from the fourth grade of Primary education to the eighth grade receiving support from parents, school assistants, specialists from the University, and CONAF (Institution).
From 2019 to 2020 it was possible to obtain seedlings and then start planting in the school garden and at home. Since March 2020 due to the Pandemic, students have been cultivating at home in the garden or pots, growing plants of corn, tomatoes, bell peppers and ornamental plants. They are sending photos and reports to teachers via the internet and this will continue in 2021.
The teacher Roberto Parra has trained a group of Life-Link students to be prepared in case of an unexpected accident. Especially to be prepared for earthquakes because the city of Arica is highly sensitive to seismic shocks. In the photos you can see the practical classes carried out with the support of teacher Mr. Parra, expert in first aid. The group received training for several months so they are able to help the school and community members in case of emergency.
