“BatangKaugmaon”- Children of the Future
It is well established that older people are hard headed and going against their years of practice is a form of insult. This is one of the hardest things to change in the community, especially when you are new to the place. So instead of targeting the experienced ones, we would prefer the young ones. The minds of this children are still able to grasp truth and new information, they are none restrictive and has an open mind.
BatangKaugmaon is a project of WaSSPP which targets the young age group with the aim of improving their understanding on water safety. This is done initially in Delusom Elementary School and will slowly reach out to different schools in the municipality of Mahayag. This project is spearheaded by the ADZU- SOM students with the help of UNILAB.
It is well established that older people are hard headed and going against their years of practice is a form of insult. This is one of the hardest things to change in the community, especially when you are new to the place. So instead of targeting the experienced ones, we would prefer the young ones. The minds of this children are still able to grasp truth and new information, they are none restrictive and has an open mind.
BatangKaugmaon is a project of WaSSPP which targets the young age group with the aim of improving their understanding on water safety. This is done initially in Delusom Elementary School and will slowly reach out to different schools in the municipality of Mahayag. This project is spearheaded by the ADZU- SOM students with the help of UNILAB.
A video presentation was shown to the different elementary students and a couple of discussion with question and answer portion. Children are more attracted to movies rather than lecture, making this a more suitable way to educate them. During the question and answer, who so ever answers or asks questions is then rewarded. And true enough many of them participated. After a well thought out question and answer portion, the students are now left with knowledge and ideas regarding water safety. The next thing is to let them express their thoughts in an artistic way, through POSTER MAKING. Different art supplies is provided by the ADZU SOM for the student, this supply are equally distributed to the participants. They are then given 1-2 hours to condense their thoughts and put into picture. They are grouped by year level, or individually; depends on the time given. What great joy to see them different kids drawing and expressing themselves, makes u reminisce your childhood days when you were in their shoes; makes your heart want to explode. After the given time, it is now the time for the judges to render their decision to who has won with the criteria of 50% content, 40% creativity, 10% originality. Prizes are things that they could use in the coming semester or school year.
We hope that we could once again conduct this activity, with GOD’s grace I know we can. And we will be able to reach out further and improve their way of thinking.
Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. ~Neil Postman
We hope that we could once again conduct this activity, with GOD’s grace I know we can. And we will be able to reach out further and improve their way of thinking.
Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. ~Neil Postman