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Melbourne Grammar School student fundraising event for Rwamwanja School in Kamwenge, Uganda
As part of our study of 'water resources' Year 6 students planned and organised a Mini-Fair on Thursday 24 June 2004, to raise money to supply and install a water tank for the Rwamwanja school in Kamwenge, Uganda. Uganda is a fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers. Two understandings essential to this unit of work were:
- There are ways to modify our lifestyle to protect and conserve water
- There are many communities in lesser developed countries where access to fresh water is limited by economic and social inequality
This was an authentic, real-life learning experience which students in Year 6 found highly engaging. They were actively involved in the planning and decision making processes which are important skills for life-long learning. this was valuable as it helped students and staff maintain their awareness of events in the world.world where access to fresh water is limited by economic and social inequality.
Each house operated a stall which students visited between recess and lunch in their class groups. this in itself was an important process for developing leadership. House Captains played an important role with facilitating House meetings. The purpose of the meetings was to make decisions on stalls that would operate and allocate responsibilities to organise the products for sale. Stalls ranged from second-hand toys, sweets and cakes, coin toss, a handball competition, wet sponge throwing to a sausage sizzle. 'Cosy Toes' was approached by a student in 6F to sell socks. They kindly agreed to donate $5 from each pair to the fundraiser. The children saw the socks at assembly on Monday. Knee High socks retailed for $15 and ankle length $11. This is a significant saving from retail prices (usually $15 - $21).
The action project has been valuable with enhancing an understanding of important global issues related to water and how students can make a difference. While the children had a lot of fun, central to this action project was a strong sense of purpose to guide and motivate awareness of issues related to water. The children were be able to see how their actions have improved the lives of the Ugandan children. (Click here to view a video of the Rwamwanja School)
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