Qatar Academy Primary School Assistant Principal Joneen Walker calls it a “very, very generous community spirit” and in Senior School it remains a significant “action” project for Model United Nations but in more ways than one, the continuous fundraising efforts for the Eravur Educational Development Institute (EEDI) has always been about students.
For instance, Early Education Centre students may be too young to fully comprehend that a class activity answering the question ‘What are hands for?’ resulted in a simple artwork that would directly help another student in Sri Lanka learn how to speak English or use a desktop computer. Student works were included in a special EEC Gallery Walk Event aimed at showcasing their progress and documentation of learning.
Parents were invited to view and purchase artworks of their children with all proceeds going to the EEDI funds.
To further increase student participation, a new activity was introduced this year which aimed at combining fundraising and promoting healthy initiatives.
The result is ‘Try-a-Thon’ which “involved children trying out some new physical education activities in their PE classes,” Walker said.
“Before the event children got pledges from family and friends to complete the tasks. When a task was completed and signed off by the PE teacher, children took their pledge cards home and collected the money and brought it back to school. It was also great to see so many parents watching their children participate.”
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