The Free the Children We Generation Tour was due to visit Churchill Public School Feb. 8 at 9 a.m. as a kickoff to the school's Brick by Brick Adopt-a-Village campaign.
“Our fundraising efforts over the next two years will support this Free The Children development project in Kenya,” said Churchill principal Dave Farrow, in a Rainbow District School Board press release.
We Generation speakers share stories, experiences and their passion for social change, inspiring students and teaching them about the millennium development goals.
Students will be given concrete actions that will allow them to make a difference. The hour-long multimedia presentation combines speech and original music.
“This is a dynamic educational opportunity for students,” said Tyler Campbell, chair of Rainbow District School Board. “Our students are putting into practice character traits that we embrace in Rainbow Schools such as empathy, responsibility and co-operation. They are developing citizenship and leadership skills for now and for the future.”
Jean Hanson, director of Education for Rainbow District School Board, said the We Generation Tour is part of the board’s ongoing efforts to focus on education for sustainable development.
"By contributing to the Minga for Maasai project, students in Rainbow Schools are learning about different cultures and gaining a greater understanding about social issues," she said. "Students are becoming leaders of positive change through good global citizenship."
Minga, an Andean call of "coming together for the common good," fosters sustainability with communities helping communities. “Global issues such as poverty, the environment, gender equality, human rights and democratic governance affect us all in one way or another,” says Minga for Maasai project organizer Lori Adams. “Wherever we are on this planet, we share an individual and collective responsibility to create a more peaceful, equitable, just and sustainable future for all.”
Free The Children, founded by Craig Kielburger, is the world’s largest organization of children helping children through education.
Sudbury Minga for Maasai is a Free The Children Adopt-a-Village campaign in Africa. Since September 2007, local partners have combined fundraising proceeds to help create a sustainable future through education, health, alternative income and clean water projects. The lives of the children and adults in Pimbiniet, a rural community in the Maasai Mara region of Kenya, are being transformed.
