Student Work

Examples of One World Youth Project Service Work

• Each April OWYP groups participate OWYP MDG Awareness Day held in conjunction with Global Youth Service Day.  Click here to view the Declaration book that was created as a result of the 2007 event!                  

• The IRC Program students teamed up with Mekeda Dread, founder of Give A Hug Foundation and The World Beat Center in (www.worldbeatcenter.org) to produce a fundraising concert   in San Diego. She is kind enough to teach the students the finer arts of event planning and stage production.   The students learned some great skills while working to create the scholarships for the students most in need at the camp.  The concert was held in May.  The funds went towards a scholarship fund for students of their sister school at the Buduburum Refugee Camp in Accra, Ghana.  The concert also served to inform the public about MDG 2!

  UN Millennium Development Goal 2

                                                                                

• The Riverside School of Vermont worke with a local AIDS Service Organization called Vermont Cares. They were trained to work with kids who are infected and affected by HIV so that they could become friends with them and give them the support they need, a friend to talk to. For their major OWYP project they organized a very successful walk for HIV/AIDS along the road near their school. They made and sold t-shirts and had a bake sale at the end. The donations from people and businesses to sponsor walkers raised enough money to send 5 of these kids to a summer camp that supports them. UN Millennium Development Goal 6

• The students of the OWYP group at Jeanne D'Arc in Rabat, Morocco worked in conjunction with the "Lutins des sables" Association to provide nursing bottles to a local orphanage.  They also organized a student conference about MDG 5.  They raised enough money to buy over 100 nursing bottles and other necessities to donate to the orphanage.  Millennium Development Goal 5

• The students of Caistor Central Public School in Ontario, Canada started a button campaign to raise awareness and money to improve maternal health. 

  The students raised over to $1100 in their first days of sales for Community Care and Stephen Lewis Foundation!

  The students also set up booths in local malls and community venues to sell their buttons and raise awareness.  The grade 8 students traveled from school to school and to present a powerpoint presentation on the need to improve maternal health across the world to raise awareness with their peers in our community.  

  Click here to see Caistor's info sheet for their campaign!

Millennium Development Goal 5

• The youth of the Red Ambiental Group conducted environmental education workshops for their community, set up volunteer teams in schools and communities to separate garbage for composting and recycling and reuse when possible. Click here to view Red Ambiental's full action plan! 

• Millennium Development Goal 7

       Millennium Development Goal 7

• May 27th is a day we all celebrate children's day in Nigeria. As part of our celebration this year, Lagos, Nigeria OWYP participants got an invitation to be on a National Television station to talk about what we are doing, our sister group and MDG 6. (The programme is called "Youth Talk" and the station is called NTA 2 channel 5.)   We were in the sudio for about 45minutes and six participants that went were: Pelumi, Nkunim, Jessica, Nimo/Jerald, Tunmi, and Tunde.  Millennium Development Goal 6

• Youth from many of the One World Youth Project sites participated in the OWYP AIDs Awareness Day on May 24, 2006:  "1 Day, 14 Countries, 1 Dream, 1 Action"   click here for more information & to view student work from the day.  

• RESPECT Intellectual Club of the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Accra, Ghana held a United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit and Awards Night on the 24th August, 2006. The event coincided with the 150th Flag Day Celebration of Liberia which was also celebrated by organizations, churches, institutions and students.   RIC UN MDGs summit marked the first of its kind to be held on the Buduburam Refugee Camp since the Millennium Campaign was officially lauched six years ago. The theme of this year UN MDGs summit was: Youth and The Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities for Development. The guest speaker of the summit was Mr. Aaron Nii Lamte Lawson, Volunteer and Youth Development Worker for RESPECT Ghana who is also serving as a course coordinator for RESPECT University.Mr. Lawson spoke to a population of young leaders and students, some of whom have never heard about the MDGs before. It was very interesting to have in our midst that night members of the camp management who stated that they also enjoy the program and appreciate to see youth speak on the goals and also take actions to make sure that by 2015 these gaols can be achieved. The guest speaker also emphasized in his presentation that in order for these gaols to be achieved, youth must take the lead and the matters should not be left in the hands of governments alone. He said and I quote: " We all have equal responsibilities to make sure that the vision which we all have, come to to reality and the only way this can be possible is for us to take the stand and act now"                                                                                                                                  UN Millennium Development Goals 1-8

• Youth from the Leadership Center at James River High School and Jenkins Macedo , Programs Coordinator, RESPECT Ghana, discussed ways to promote gender equality and empower the women who reside in the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Accra, Ghana.

  It was decided that the JRHS students would conduct a clothing and toy drive for the benefit of both the women and children who reside in the camp. It will be the decision of the women how the donated items will be used. According to Jenkins, the most significant meaning to the lives of the refugee women and children is for the items to be sold. The money from the sale will be used to purchase sewing machines to train the women and give them meaningful employment.

  In this small way the students at James River hope that we are able to make a difference in the lives of the Liberian women who are living in Ghana.

  UN Millennium Development Goal 3

• Youth from the Kyanyawara Children's Environmental Project in Uganda sent handcrafts to their sister school in Tennessee who were able to sell them to raise money which was sent back to Uganda.  Part of it went to buying stationary for students and some of it was used on World AIDS day when the Ugandan youth group plan to have Walk and Music competition to create more awareness to celebrate this day.                                                                                                                                                   UN Millennium Development Goals 2 & 6
  

• Youth at the Dr. Herman Wrice Community Center in Tanzania visited remote areas to teach malaria prevention tactics (ie: they showed how to avoid mosquitoes and how to destroy their sources).  Youth also are in the process of arranging local discussions and training on HIV/AIDS.                                    UN Millennium Development Goal 6

• Youth at the Dr. Herman Wrice Community Center also planted and cared for trees around Majengo.  They pledged to clean the street around the Center every Saturday. Their first street cleaning took place on March 26th 2005.                                                                                                                       UN Millennium Development Goal 7

• Youth at the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School in Orleans, Massachusetts raised $1000.00 by selling artwork created by their sister-school in Tanzania.  These funds all went to purchase an internet connection for the Community Center in Tanzania.  The Center and students now have regular internet access and have been able to communicate with their sister-school more frequently!                             UN Millennium Development Goal 2

• Students at the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School also organized a beach clean-up.  They collected and sorted piles of garbage and submitted the results to a national organization studying ocean and estuary pollution.                                                                                                                                     UN Millennium Development Goal 7

• Students in Massachusetts are currently collecting educational materials and pamphlets on malaria and HIV/AIDS prevention to send to their sister-school in Tanzania.  These pamphlets will help the Community Center with their local training sessions in the Majengo area.                                               UN Millennium Development Goal 6

• Club Scientifique in Morocco is assisting the women who belong to the Bouregreg Association’s Women Training Center in Sale. The Center provides educational courses in hand-made textile production. However, the women at the Center currently suffer from a number of disadvantages, including limited opportunities at which to sell their products, limited financial assistance, and limited materials with which to work. The students are in the process of generating awareness about the Center and the women's products, collecting materials and new patterns for textile production, and providing educational resources on marketing techniques.                                                                     UN Millennium Development Goals 3 and 1

• Students at the Northern Light School in Oakland, California organized a baby clothing drive at their school. They collected over $100 worth of clothing and related products.  As Teacher, Becky, describes, "We are working with Perinatal Council, an organization that provides services to young mothers in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. We are collecting items such as diapers, formula, and baby food, which we will give to the young mothers and their babies. Most of these women are undocumented and don't qualify for government programs that provide assistance. The Perinatal Council will distribute the items to the mothers. The students of Northern Light have been bringing in donations and Ronella has been raising funds so that we can purchase some additional items. Yvonne told her doctor about our project and he donated dozens of containers of formula. Jelani called around to stores in our area to inquire about donations. Albertsons made all of their charitable donations for the year, but they offered us a huge discount on discontinued baby items. We went to pick them last week. The science room is now overflowing with baby stuff!" Since, this message was written, the students have now distributed the items to the mothers.                                                                                                                        UN Millennium Development Goal 3 and 1

• Students in of the Green Team at Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Maryland held an electronic recycling pick-up day on March 19th.  From 9am to 2pm they set up in front of the school with 2 tractor trailers. "Customers" drove with their cars filled of electronics. They collected 24,432 pounds and 450 items!                                                                                                                                                           UN Millennium Development Goal 7

• Students of the St. Columba’s School in Delhi, India created their own compost pits in school and educated the student body about the importance of waste management.  They have one completed compost pit and have begun construction on 2 additional pits. They have spoken at various forums in the school and community, organized street-plays to educate the public, and conducted house-surveys on waste management.                                                                                                                           UN Millennium Development Goal 7

• Students at the St. George's School in Collierville, Tennessee are raising funds to provide one particularly deserving youth from their sister-group in Uganda the opportunity to attend school.  They expect all funds to be raised by early fall 2005.                                                                                           UN Millennium Development Goal 2

• Youth of the Roots & Shoots groups of Kiko Parish, Uganda are constantly taking action on environmental issues.  But, after doing One World Youth Project curriculum on the UN MDGs, students decided to also focus on                                                                                                                          UN Millennium Development Goals 2 and 6

• Students in New Orleans, Louisiana collected food products for a local food bank.                                    UN Millennium Development Goal 1

• After spending several weeks studying the effects of pollution in their city of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, youth at the New Generation School organized a litter cleanup of a local mountainside.  Over 40 students participated and 6 bags of trash were filled!                                                                               UN Millennium Development Goal 7

• Students at the Westwood Magnet Middle School in Danville, Virginia researched and studied the state of education around the world as well as in their local community.  They have created an informational skit outlining the different reasons youth face educational difficulties.  Before school lets out this year, they plan to perform this skit for the student body in conjunction with holding a school supply drive.  All school supplies will be donated to a local school in need.                                                                        UN Millennium Development Goal 2

• Youth at the Selam Children’s Village School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia are working with local street children in an effort to educate these youth about HIV/AIDS prevention.                                                    UN Millennium Development Goals 1 and 6