Celebrated every year on the 5th June, World Environment Day is organised by the United Nations to help raise awareness for the protection of the environment. Every year the campaign has a theme – this year’s theme was ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’, encouraging people to reduce their use of disposable plastics.
Here at Diapalante, we wanted to educate our members about the environment, and why it’s important to look after it! Two of our younger members (Abdou, age 14, and Fallou, age 14) lead a discussion about the environment, covering everything from what exactly the environment is, to why it is our responsibility to protect it. This involved members of all ages, and everyone had the chance to contribute and learn something new!
We incorporated the day into our other lessons, specifically IT. For some of the younger kids, we had a typing race, where they had to retype out a text about World Environment Day. The first person to finish with less than five errors won, and safe to say the atmosphere got very competitive!
