The Race against Hunger will be organized for the 11th year in May, 2008.
Our school and the race
Last year our school decided to participate in this race against the hunger. There were more than 300 participants from our school and other ones from the German School of Bilbao. We collected more than 9000 Euros that were destinated to Burundi.
The race took place during a Wednesday morning and as there were a lot of participants we had to organise two different races by age.
The A.P.A. got from the sponsors some bags with food which were given to the pupils at the end of the race but we wasted a lot of food and kilos of tailing.(A limit when we think about the theme of the race). It’s evident that this year we’ll have to avoid this kind of mistake, sensitising, and we have decided to place this day under the sign of solidarity, of course, but also under the sign of sustainable development.
We are officially registered for the 11th edition and despite the exact date has not been decided yet (may), we already know that it will assemble a higher number of participants than last year.
Our purpose is to reach, this year, more than 15 000 euro and the first contacts have already been taken with the three schools of the Basque country which participate with us in the project: “Eco-parliament of the young” to convince them to participate in this solider purpose.
We have created a pupil commission to define with the teachers and the school direction, the development of this day. And we will ask :
- That this race will be a party.
- To make some stands done by the pupils of 3eme, stands where we will sensitise all the athletes about the hunger in the world, about the right of education for everybody, about the help to the most needed of our city, about the tolerance and about the sustainable development in general.
- To be able to let people know about our engagement and share with the highest number of people our worries about this problem, about poverty in general and climate changes
Some ideas:
To organise a rock concert (“terminal” pupils), to contact with a well-known music band (we’re thinking about Ken Zazpi), to invite our parent to participate, to invite the media to let people know about our engagement, to make personalized T-shirts in art lessons…
Decide if you want to help us in this solidary adventure, making us know by leaving a comment in this blog.
Lucia Guerra, Carlota Sans, Guillermo Arbulu and Guillermo Garcia (3èmeA)
Friday, 22 February 2008
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Sponsorships of solidarity classes
Aide et Action is an association for development through education and the first sponsorship association in France.
They act for a world where dignity is for everybody, thanks to education. Their commitment and their actions are based, foremost, on the values of liberty, respect, solidarity, equality and integrity.
Free of any political or religious dependence, they undertake to:
ACT respecting everybody’s right, and particularly the one of the children, humanity’s future, to quality education.
INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS, mobilize and influence so that education becomes a worldwide commitment.
ACCOMPANY people, contracting education projects.
PROMOTE an open education about the world, its diversity and its cultures.
DEVELOP the principle of solidarity and exchange between cultures thanks to the sponsorship link.
GUARANTEE the transparency of their actions and the use of our resources.
Besides suggesting individual sponsorships, Aide et Action suggests European students to mobilize on a Project which will contribute to improve the school atmosphere for children in Togo, Benin or Senegal.
Through three correspondences during a school year, this sponsorship allows children from here (primary and secondary school) and there, to exchange and “be aware of the others and their differences.”
Thanks to these sponsorships of solidarity classes, we have had the chance to keep correspondences with children in Togo.
The year 2007 has been very enriching. We have had three correspondences with classes in Togo (Agaradé, Kolo y Efolo) with great success. They have sent us photos and drawings and especially they have explained us how they live, which has allowed us to note that they have nothing or next to nothing. It is very important to understand how they live in order to be able to help them.
The money we have given them (200 euros) allows them to launch some projects. An example of a project is the operation palm oil. With the money of our sponsorship, the students of Agaradé have bought palm nut to produce of oil used for cooking and cosmetics. Afterwards, they went to the market to sell this oil, and the money collected has allowed them to meet the immediate needs of their class. Thanks to these projects, children also learn the differents stages which may help them to achieve their personal projects.
Their mails have helped us to undestand their difficult situation and their lack of school equipment, so we have bought dictionaries, rulers, compasses, maps... in order to help their teachers to work in better conditions.
This year the school sponsors of three more classes: at Kpaporga (Togo) and at Marsassoum and Boughary (Senegal).
Carolina Lopez, Marta Jainaga.
But how do we sponsor our actions?
Our school has carried out many projects led by students from various levels and by teachers for a few years. The main goal of these projects is to send money to our sponsored classes in Senegal and Togo.
The Raffle
We have been organizing a raffle for Christmas since December 2006 . Our goal is to send the money we make from it to developing countries. The winners of the raffle get all sorts of prizes. It fun ! Tickets are sold for one euro each and we have collected 3643 euros. This year, more than 400 prizes, including two bicycles, a camera, many rucksacks… have been won.
The Calendars
Last year, with the help of some teachers, some secondary school students designed a calendar about sustainable development.
Every month, we tackle a topic related to environmental problems (water and air pollution, transport, etc…) and look into solutions. Moreover, our calendar mentions all the environmental festivals like the world day of water.
1100 copies of the calendar have been printed and they will be sold for five euros and the profit we make will be used to buy school material that we will send to our sponsored classes in Africa.
Jone Ugarteburu, Marta Abeijon
They act for a world where dignity is for everybody, thanks to education. Their commitment and their actions are based, foremost, on the values of liberty, respect, solidarity, equality and integrity.
Free of any political or religious dependence, they undertake to:
ACT respecting everybody’s right, and particularly the one of the children, humanity’s future, to quality education.
INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS, mobilize and influence so that education becomes a worldwide commitment.
ACCOMPANY people, contracting education projects.
PROMOTE an open education about the world, its diversity and its cultures.
DEVELOP the principle of solidarity and exchange between cultures thanks to the sponsorship link.
GUARANTEE the transparency of their actions and the use of our resources.
Besides suggesting individual sponsorships, Aide et Action suggests European students to mobilize on a Project which will contribute to improve the school atmosphere for children in Togo, Benin or Senegal.
Through three correspondences during a school year, this sponsorship allows children from here (primary and secondary school) and there, to exchange and “be aware of the others and their differences.”
Thanks to these sponsorships of solidarity classes, we have had the chance to keep correspondences with children in Togo.
The year 2007 has been very enriching. We have had three correspondences with classes in Togo (Agaradé, Kolo y Efolo) with great success. They have sent us photos and drawings and especially they have explained us how they live, which has allowed us to note that they have nothing or next to nothing. It is very important to understand how they live in order to be able to help them.
The money we have given them (200 euros) allows them to launch some projects. An example of a project is the operation palm oil. With the money of our sponsorship, the students of Agaradé have bought palm nut to produce of oil used for cooking and cosmetics. Afterwards, they went to the market to sell this oil, and the money collected has allowed them to meet the immediate needs of their class. Thanks to these projects, children also learn the differents stages which may help them to achieve their personal projects.
Their mails have helped us to undestand their difficult situation and their lack of school equipment, so we have bought dictionaries, rulers, compasses, maps... in order to help their teachers to work in better conditions.
This year the school sponsors of three more classes: at Kpaporga (Togo) and at Marsassoum and Boughary (Senegal).
Carolina Lopez, Marta Jainaga.
But how do we sponsor our actions?
Our school has carried out many projects led by students from various levels and by teachers for a few years. The main goal of these projects is to send money to our sponsored classes in Senegal and Togo.
The Raffle
We have been organizing a raffle for Christmas since December 2006 . Our goal is to send the money we make from it to developing countries. The winners of the raffle get all sorts of prizes. It fun ! Tickets are sold for one euro each and we have collected 3643 euros. This year, more than 400 prizes, including two bicycles, a camera, many rucksacks… have been won.
The Calendars
Last year, with the help of some teachers, some secondary school students designed a calendar about sustainable development.
Every month, we tackle a topic related to environmental problems (water and air pollution, transport, etc…) and look into solutions. Moreover, our calendar mentions all the environmental festivals like the world day of water.
1100 copies of the calendar have been printed and they will be sold for five euros and the profit we make will be used to buy school material that we will send to our sponsored classes in Africa.
Jone Ugarteburu, Marta Abeijon
Sunday, 17 February 2008
Proyect Materi
Under the aegis of the government of Cantabria, the French school of Bilbao contributed in different plans which have as a common objective, helping in the development of Benin. Benin is a country located in Africa, in the gulf of Guinea between Nigeria and Togo. It is a country which has always attached great importance to education and it is rare to find a village where there is no a primary school. This is important because one of the biggest problems of Africans countries is their high level of an alphabetisation.
However, a quality education encourages children to stay at school and they risk being exploited less or being victims of acts of violence. The actions which allow giving a quality education to the children, have deep and lasting consequences to the society in general. Different actions led by the government of Cantabria with an important collaboration of the French school of Bilbao try to promote these concepts. More précisement Matéri plan.
One of the actions led as part of this plan and with which a bigger is operation “Education with pedals ". It was led to end thanks to the dispatch of 715 bikes which were distributed to the students and to the professors of Matéri. For 200FCFA / month (more or less 30 euro cents), the pupils of the high school will be able to have bikes. Preference will be given to those who live on the centre furthest. The abandonment of studies draws away the loss of right to the tenancy. (Intensification does not make lose the right to the bike.) This action tries to motivate the pupils not leave their studies and to make itself every day to the school to finish their studies and acquire the bike.
Also another led action was that of the collection of pounds. In the secondary school have informs the pupils that all those who would like could give pounds which they do not use any more, to recover them later all and to send them to the Benin.
The difference between humanitarian help and foreign aid well needs to make. This last has as objective to help less developed countries so that they can develop and one day to have the means of food by them without needing to accept helps. A more pronounced help, portrays twinning am under consideration for the next receipts
Beatriz Marquez, Ines Renobales Claudia del Campo
However, a quality education encourages children to stay at school and they risk being exploited less or being victims of acts of violence. The actions which allow giving a quality education to the children, have deep and lasting consequences to the society in general. Different actions led by the government of Cantabria with an important collaboration of the French school of Bilbao try to promote these concepts. More précisement Matéri plan.
One of the actions led as part of this plan and with which a bigger is operation “Education with pedals ". It was led to end thanks to the dispatch of 715 bikes which were distributed to the students and to the professors of Matéri. For 200FCFA / month (more or less 30 euro cents), the pupils of the high school will be able to have bikes. Preference will be given to those who live on the centre furthest. The abandonment of studies draws away the loss of right to the tenancy. (Intensification does not make lose the right to the bike.) This action tries to motivate the pupils not leave their studies and to make itself every day to the school to finish their studies and acquire the bike.
Also another led action was that of the collection of pounds. In the secondary school have informs the pupils that all those who would like could give pounds which they do not use any more, to recover them later all and to send them to the Benin.
The difference between humanitarian help and foreign aid well needs to make. This last has as objective to help less developed countries so that they can develop and one day to have the means of food by them without needing to accept helps. A more pronounced help, portrays twinning am under consideration for the next receipts
Beatriz Marquez, Ines Renobales Claudia del Campo
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