Community Project 4H Happy Human in a Happy Home Varnita/Bender Access Group Varnita/Bender, 2013
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1. Community Project 4H Happy Human in a Happy Home
Varnita/Bender Access Group Varnita/Bender, 2013
2. The earth has music for those who listen. George
Santayana
3. Nowadays, the situation of our planet is deplorable. People
do not share any healthy values and do not care about environment.
It seems that we will live in a even dirtier world being surrounded
by indifferent people. This makes the future of our children
questionable.
4. Because of that, we decided to use the opportunity offered
by the project Outreach Fund and try to make a change and to show
people that, in fact, there are teenagers who care and who are not
indifferent, people who want to give this planet a second chance .
Nature always takes care of us. Now it is our turn
5. Goal: To persuade people to give up their addictions
(smoking) and bad habits (throwing trash on the ground) which
affect their health, represent sources of pollution, negatively
influence the environment and question the future of our
planet.
6. Objectives: To interview people about smoking and throwing
trash in public places; To persuade people not to smoke; To show
how important it is to preserve our planet for our followers; To
promote a healthy lifestyle; To encourage volunteering.
7. 1 st step We learned how to write a project during our
classes
8. 2 nd step We discussed about the things we could change in
our community and selected the best idea
9. 3 rd step We selected the team that would lead the
implementation of the project and filled in the grant application
form
10. 4 th step We received the money we needed, bought the
necessary stuff and went in a very dirty park in order to clean it!
Since Nature takes care of us, we should take care of Nature
11. 5 th step We bought fruits and juice and went to the
Central Parks from Bender and Varnita to suggest/propose smoking
people a trade: a fruit or juice in exchange of a cigarette.
12. And these are the results of our efforts
13. Feedback: Gheorghe, 63 I smoke for a very long time and I
dont think I can give up already. But you are doing a good job and
you should convince the younger people. Good luck! Calin, 24 I want
to give up smoking but my current job stops me from doing that, I
can have a break only when I go to smoke, and it is also very
tiring and the cigarettes give me more energy. Ion, 57 Yes, I want
to give up smoking and I will give you one of my cigarettes. But
will that really help me? Is it really effective? Tudor, 60 I used
to smoke, I smoke and I will always smoke!
14. Are these kind of projects effective? 50% 20% 26% 4% Yes
Probably yes I don't know No
15. The answers of the interviewed people who encouraged us and
the positive commentaries received from the people who were
crossing by the park we were cleaning makes us believe that we
reached our goal. This motivates us to move on