Wednesday, October 15, 2008

A Night in the Global Village

The Global Village at Heifer Camp is a project founded in Perryville, AR. This project was created to bring awareness to light about the unprivileged countries around the globe. This project is a reality check for those people in the United States who don’t appropriate how well or know how good they have it in this country. A program called Global Gateway provides support to these needy countries. This project reconstructed struggles the countries are experiencing to have the children participate in reenactments of their survival skills. The camp is actually filled with people who want to end poverty and hungry. The camp provide programs on an individual and group level.
Groups of children get to spend the night in realistic camps without all the supplies needed like food, water, or wood. Each group will be subjected to one of the hardships found in Guatemala, Thailand, Zambia, the Appalachians, or refugee camps. The children, in one night, will get a reality check on the world outside of their own. They will mimic several of the many daily activities other countries’ children endure. This project will help children to understand what is going in the world today. It will let them know that they should be happy with everything they have and appreciate their lifestyle. This is a great awareness activity for children to experience. It is also a great lesson to integrate into your curriculum about learning the counties around the globe.

1 comment:

Jennifer Averitt said...

Excellent. Perhaps more programs are needed such as this one to help our children realize just how good we have it here in America even with the financial troubles.