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I´m happy and proud to say that in the school community this is something that we usually practice.
And personally I think this is an experience that help us realize the value of the things we have an also make us more empathic.
Estefany, El salvador

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This is something that El Salvador has to keep building up ´cause some groups or minorities try to speak up but still being ignored, most of the new generation is aware of it and I like to see how they like to protect and advocate their beliefs so I think we´re in the right path.
Estefany.

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As school, we have  a lot of fairs and community participation, for example entrepreneur fairs, sports events and we also promote volunteer participation.

Estefany, El Salvador

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Is a very common activity here in El Salvador, the are many NGOs as well as governmental organizations that always ask for volunteers and personally I think is an amazing way to grow as person, usually we encourage high school students to volunteer to participate in some programs.
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Donation is a good value i will help my students to understand the value of it and it's not on money only but we can also donate with our time and effort to build our community.

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As a teacher all the time i encourage my students to volunteer in projects or events inside our school and tell them to spread volunteering among their friends.

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Müge, Turkiye.                      As a teacher and a parent I strongly believe that we must grow up our children as volunteers. They shouldn't say it's not my business for any issue. Volunteering opens the doors to overcome difficulties.

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Müge, Turkiye.                      As a teacher and a parent I strongly believe that we must grow up our children as volunteers. They shouldn't say it's not my business for any issue. Volunteering opens the doors to overcome difficulties.

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Ethiopians generously donate their resources to support various causes. This can include donating money, clothes, food, or other essential items to organizations that work towards improving the lives of those in need. Additionally, during times of crisis or natural disasters, individuals and communities often come together to provide support through donations. 

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Ethiopians generously donate their resources to support various causes. This can include donating money, clothes, food, or other essential items to organizations that work towards improving the lives of those in need. Additionally, during times of crisis or natural disasters, individuals and communities often come together to provide support through donations. 

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Roza-Ethiopia

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Students in Ethiopia trying their best in raising awareness about specific issues like, gender equality, early literacy, environmental conservation, and so on, however, there are still numerous assignments to be done. 

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Students in Ethiopia trying their best in raising awareness about specific issues like, gender equality, early literacy, environmental conservation, and so on, however, there are still numerous assignments to be done. 

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Roza-Ethiopia

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Ethiopian students in general and Students in the ACCESS micro scholarship program in particular actively participate in community events that foster social cohesion and cultural celebrations. They participate in the events like Festivals, sports competitions, art exhibitions, and religious gatherings are common examples. 

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Ethiopian students in general and Students in the ACCESS micro scholarship program in particular actively participate in community events that foster social cohesion and cultural celebrations. They participate in the events like Festivals, sports competitions, art exhibitions, and religious gatherings are common examples. 

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Roza-Ethiopia

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Yes, these activities are common among English ACEESS micro scholarship program students in Ethiopia. Students and teachers in the ACCESS program, for example, volunteer at local schools, organize community clean-up drives or provide support at elderly shelters, and orphanages.

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Yes, these activities are common among English ACEESS micro scholarship program students in Ethiopia. Students and teachers in the ACCESS program, for example, volunteer at local schools, organize community clean-up drives or provide support at elderly shelters, and orphanages.

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Roza-Ethiopia

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TURKIYE, Müge.   In Turkey, we usually try our best to help the people in need. People can donate money, food, toys, books to set libraries in schools. Especially in times of diseasters we hug each other to heal the wounds...

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TURKIYE, Müge.   In Turkey, we usually try our best to help the people in need. People can donate money, food, toys, books to set libraries in schools. Especially in times of diseasters we hug each other to heal the wounds...

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It takes a lot of courage for someone to take on the adventure of running for office. In our English classrooms in the Access program in Guatemala, we try to implement classroom community roles so that students get a tast of what is like to have a task in a community. They are responsible for a specific assignment during a bimester.

Luis David Catalán - Guatemala

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In Guatemala, Civic education is addressed since elementary school. Kids learn about the government. However, I would say a practical approach is needed for the students to internalize the content and adquire valuable experiences, rather than just reading a textbook. After this course, I have some great ideas on how to implement PBL in my English classroom.

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Even though we have many problems in Guatemala, not many people like to get involved. In my opinion, this is one of the most important aspects because when people get to know the current condition of the problem is when they start taking actions towards finding a solution. That is why I will try to promote global cirizenship in my classroom so that students start thinking out of the box.

Luis David Catalán - Guatemala.

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In this aspect, there is still a lot of things to improve based on the fact that nobody would like to speak up unless they are affected directly. Personal speaking, I would like to promote activities among my students so they get to see the benefits of fighting for others and advocating for situations that cur ently are affecting our society.

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As part of the community engagement, the students from the Access program take part in different activities such food collections, races and other activities where they get to develop their leadership skills. I like to foster this type of activities in my classroom because I see them as a win-win.  It is about finding a balance between the assignments from the school and the extra projects.

Luis David Catalán - Guatemala

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Nowadays, the urge for constant help in different scenarios around the country is promoting the creation of volunteer groups. In the past, this was not a common practice. I am an Access alumnus and it was in the program that I started to get engaged with doing volunteer work. My students are encouraged to create small projects to help their community.

Luis David Catalán - Guatemala

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In my country, people are warm and friendly and they are always willing to help others. During catastrophies, we have united many times and have overcome different difficulties. In my program, the students have donated nonperishable goods and secondhand clothes.

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Volunteering is one of the activity that I applied to my students. 

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Volunteering is one of the activity that I applied to my students. 

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They were ingaged in a comunity service project and did volunteering into a ONG center for homeless children. My students were very engaged in helping those students with homework and playing with them. Also they collected money and donated to them (for building a new fence) and they prepared a donating campaign- colected and donated goods for those childern. It was a very nice and powerful experience for me as a teacher, too.

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Making a Difference: Empowering Students through Community Service

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Making a Difference: Empowering Students through Community Service

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My college students actively engage in various community service activities, demonstrating their commitment to making a positive impact. They participate in local food drives, volunteering at shelters, and organizing fundraisers for charitable organizations. Through these experiences, the students not only contribute to their community's well-being but also develop empathy, leadership skills, and a sense of social responsibility.

Best,
Rini (India)

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Helping the need and Social Interaction through Community events:

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Helping the need and Social Interaction through Community events:

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In most cases, our students in public schools normally engaged in co-curricular activities in which they have the opportunities to volunteer themselves in different community based activities. They have the chance to support their fellow students in need through inter and intra-school clubs activities. They also engaged themselves in sports and games and participate in other school life and social events like education fair and inter schools bonanza twice a year.
Rukia-Tanzania

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As we live near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, schools constantly have campaigns in which they volunteer to go and sort and collect trash. This work is conducted at least once a month trying to keep our beaches clean.

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We have recently made a photo show in our library, with 30 photos that show the war in Ukraine. These photos were taken by 5 worldwide recognized photographers, one of them who won a Pulitzer Award, to show the horrors of the war, but at the same time to embrace peace and not forget that this is happening still, after more than a year. The pictures were sent by the Embassy of the US in Argentina, who previously asked us if we would agree to show them.
It is tough to realize how fast people forget, and how other news takes the place of this one rapidly. Our honor and respect for Ukraine, for the dead and the alive.
Gaby Marotta - Argentina

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ATICANA partners with many non-profit organisations, to reach out to the community. It's important to create a network with partners who will work with us and fulfill our goals. Again, our interests are aligned with the US Embassy goals.
Gaby Marotta - Argentina

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Our American Space organizes donations at least twice a year, asking students and general public to bring clothes and food for a certain ONG. This exercises awareness in the students, helps them acknowledge that there are people who really need to be kept warm in the winter, who don't have a home, and who need a helping hand. The students are also in charge of clasifying the clothes, and taking everything to the ONG.
Gaby Marotta - Argentina

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Once a year, our Binational Center and an ONG organize, together with many school of the region, "A day in the United Nations", where each school team is representing a country, and they don't only talk about the problems they are facing, but they have to negotiate and help each other, promoting a better world.
Gaby Marotta - Argentina

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One of our missions, that is aligned with the US Embassy Goals, is to engage with our community, through projects and make people actively participate. Projects like leadership, entrepreneurship, Makers Space, Women's empowerment, climate change and it's consequences, values, etc, are some of the topics, which engage our American Space with Tucuman's community.
Gaby Marotta - Argentina

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We have a volunteer group in ATICANA, our Binational Center, since 2016. This group are all teachers-to-be, and initially started teaching English in the local jail. Curiously our classroom was the chapel, because they said we would be safe there.The interns were happy to receive us, and we taught them English through playful learning with games and songs. In 2017 there was trouble in the jail, so we switch to teaching the police officers. The 911 division needed English, in case a foreigner in trouble would call. So we trained them with useful language for those special cases. During pandemic we stopped, but in 2022 we started volunteering again, this time with police officers who belonged to touristic areas of our province. And this will go on, as long as someone wants to learn English for free, with a great team of teachers! This is real service to the community.
Gaby Marotta - Argentina-

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Donations take place normally within my families but in our classes, we guide our students to join one or two charities and participate in some activities like clothes, food or money donations. This improves the sense of responsibility towards the community they live in.

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We usually organize volunteering sessions to teach English language to those who can't afford have paid after school classes. Students are involved in the process of announcing, collecting data, preparing the materials and conducting post program surveys.

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In our school, we have annual elections for the student body where students meeting the criteria contest for the elections. This way they get involved in civic activities.
Mehreen, Pakistan

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Sometimes, I have seen students helping weak and underprivileged students in their studies by advocating some time for tutoring.  In universities, students are supposed to do a required amount of community service either in schools, hospitals, NGOs etc.
Mehreen, Pakistan.

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Our school is quite small so our students are not often engaged in such kind of activities. However, our school may assist hosting visitors from other countries.

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Our school is quite small so our students are not often engaged in such kind of activities. However, our school may assist hosting visitors from other countries.

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Alena, Russia

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In Russia there are quite many people engaged in volunteering. The most popular areas are helping animals and old people. Our school volunteers to help nursing homes for the elderly.

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In Russia there are quite many people engaged in volunteering. The most popular areas are helping animals and old people. Our school volunteers to help nursing homes for the elderly.

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Alena, Russia

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My students are allowed to express their opinion about some activities that will be held at school. If many of them oppose to an activity, it ươn't take place.

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We donate money, books, clothes ... to people suffering from natural disater every years. We also spend time and effort talking to them and encourage them to believe in a better future.

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Every year, there is a festival organized by the local authority. And we often help in all preparations for it. It's a way for us to learn about the culture of our own community,

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My students take part in the Green Saturday Movement. They help clean up in their neighbourhood every Saturday.

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In our school, students exercise their rights by choosing on their leader. They go through vetting, campaigns and voting. Some students are above 18 years which means they can vote for both community and national leaders which is highly advisable.
Regards
Tiberius(Kenya)

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My students design posters which they put around the school to help sensitize the community against drug abuse and the effects thereof.
Regards
Tiberius(Kenya)

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As pointed out earlier, the school has many partner organizations especially the ones dealing with HIV AIDS and Drug abuse. My students partner with Blue Cross club which advocates against drug abuse.

Regards
Tiberius(Kenya)

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Students get a chance to donate their home clothes to the school so that the same is channelled to the orphans. Most of the orphans are because of the HIV prevalent cases around the school.
Tiberius(Kenya)

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We allow our students through the existing school clubs to write letters especially protesting deforestation. The environment club has been on the forefront. The letters are addressed to the area chief for action to be taken.
Regards
Tiberius(Kenya)

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We have many community festivals organized by NGOs. One such NGO is called blue cross. It is an organization that fights against drug abuse. They hold festivals to sensitize the youths against drug abuse and most of my students participate in this. It is during school holidays.
Regards
Tiberius (Kenya)

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My students engage in volunteering by doing clean up of the market around the school. This is by ensuring proper waste disposal. They sweep the market and ensure all the plastic materials are collected and taken for recycling. I look forward to doing this again and again.
Tiberius Barasa(Kenya)

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Donation for Affectees of Earth Quake and Flood

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Donation for Affectees of Earth Quake and Flood

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In Pakistan, our students donated in forms of money and provision of food packages reliefs in 2021 to affected families. These are wonderful examples of civic engagement.

Saba Hassan, Pakistan

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Students learn to make a difference by running for school students council. They are engaged to improve school policy and create a better school culture. However, they do not actively go for a larger office like city council.

Seon-Mi (South Korea)

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Students read news articles and participate in issues facing my country by wearing badges or by campaigning at school. They do not attend workshops or seminars, though.

Seon-Mi (South Korea)

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Students have few opportunities to join a community organization in my community. This is something we teachers think about to help students to be civically engaged.

Seon-Mi (South Korea)

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Interestingly, the Koreans are willing to donate theirs when the country is in crisis. In early 1998, there was a gold-collecting campaign to repay its debt to the International Monetary Fund. About 3.51 million people nationwide involved this campaign, and collected about 227 tons of gold worth &2.13 billion.
However, in the daily life, students have few chances to learn about donation. Unlike western culture, Koreans are not used to donating money in the daily life.
My school alumni started donating campaign and establish the first high school in Republic of Burundi in 2018. I hope this inspires students to follow their alumni's footsteps.

Seon-Mi (South Korea)

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It seems that students use Instagram every day. They tend to express their thoughts and voice themselves. Sometimes they post something emotional, which invades privacy or something without any evidence. Still, social media can be one way for students to voice themselves in my community.

Seon-Mi (South Korea)

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There are a variety of festivals in my community such as Global festival, Science festival, Fire festival, and Book festival. Students willingly join them and even do volunteering work there.

Seon-Mi (South Korea)

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Most students from my school experience volunteering work. For example, they tutor children from low-income families. They pick up wastes around the seashore.  Most of them seem to do this from their heart. In the cultural context of my country, blood donation is also considered as volunteering. Universities  check if students are engaged in volunteering when they choose students.

Seon-Mi (South Korea)

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Volunteering is really nice and pleasant work. When you do this it makes you better. Sometimes we try to take time for doing it.
My favorite is reading for kindergarten children. Cause my students feel really happy to get teachers roles.

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Cleaning up the beach or cleaning up in the mountains are meaningful volunteering for students to connect themselves with the communities or with the environment.

Yuhsien (Taiwan)

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Every organization and institution have Board of management in Bangladesh. I also served in the board of management of YWCA. It seems that very few people can participate here.

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Every organization and institution have Board of management in Bangladesh. I also served in the board of management of YWCA. It seems that very few people can participate here.

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Mitali, Bangladesh

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Now a days, I think there are many opportunities in participating online civic education. Sometimes, I read article and participate in workshop or seminar if I find opportunity. I inspire my students to participate in this kind of program. Sometimes we organize awareness program for our students in our institution. 

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Now a days, I think there are many opportunities in participating online civic education. Sometimes, I read article and participate in workshop or seminar if I find opportunity. I inspire my students to participate in this kind of program. Sometimes we organize awareness program for our students in our institution. 

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Mitali, Bangladesh

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We have community organization in different places. I am an active member of Bangladesh YWCA. But I don't think that many people participate in this kind of organization.

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We have community organization in different places. I am an active member of Bangladesh YWCA. But I don't think that many people participate in this kind of organization.

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Mitali, Bangladesh

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Donation practice is common for disaster effected people. Those are able, they donate. We teach our students to be kind to the beggars. I believe from this small practice they nurture the tendency of donation.

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Donation practice is common for disaster effected people. Those are able, they donate. We teach our students to be kind to the beggars. I believe from this small practice they nurture the tendency of donation.

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Mitali, Bangladesh

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Advocacy is seen now a days in social media, but I don't have this experience and I have never inspired my students for this kind of social engagement. Actually this kind of practice is not  available in my country.

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Advocacy is seen now a days in social media, but I don't have this experience and I have never inspired my students for this kind of social engagement. Actually this kind of practice is not  available in my country.

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Mitali, Bangladesh

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Our country is full of cultures and festivals all round the year. We nationally celebrate Bengali New Year and 1st day of Spring and on those day we have fairs also. Different goods of different cultures are displayed and sold in these fairs. We have book fair in the month of February showing respect to our National Heroes those have sacrificed their lives for our Mother tongue. 

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Our country is full of cultures and festivals all round the year. We nationally celebrate Bengali New Year and 1st day of Spring and on those day we have fairs also. Different goods of different cultures are displayed and sold in these fairs. We have book fair in the month of February showing respect to our National Heroes those have sacrificed their lives for our Mother tongue. 

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Mitali, Bangladesh

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Bangladesh is a riverine country situated in the Bay of Bengal that's why it is a natural disaster effected country. We encourage our students to take part in volunteering during disaster, especially students raise fund, clothes, food etc. for the flood effected people. Many people volunteered during COVID 19.    

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Bangladesh is a riverine country situated in the Bay of Bengal that's why it is a natural disaster effected country. We encourage our students to take part in volunteering during disaster, especially students raise fund, clothes, food etc. for the flood effected people. Many people volunteered during COVID 19.    

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Mitali, Bangladesh

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many meetings are organizing for donating blood. After many riots with injuries , medical agents call for blood donating . Commercials are broadcast on Radios or TV to better inform the community . Some kinds of donations such as : giving clothes , mosquito nets......are also organized.
Aliou Diatta, Senegal

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It is also something we develop through the school government's president election. We help students organize campaigns to convince their peers for a vote. Their leadership skills are upgraded while doing those campaigns such as how to persuade, how to speak in public confidently and how to write a good and persuasive program for the school government.

Best regards,
Mansour (Senegal)

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As an educator, I always include Civic Education in my teachings. My mission is to shape good citizens who will be leaders of their communities. I try my best to be at the frontline all the time it consists of conducting Civic Engagement activities to show example to learners. That is a key thing to their motivation in participating in Civic Education.
Mansour (Senegal)

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Joining English Clubs for students and Teachers' Associations for educators and be active members, help shape good leaders for a community. Activities in them are set to make their members become challengers and opportunity creators for positive impacts for their communities. In my school, i always encourage students to take part in English Club activities.
Best,
Mansour (Senegal)

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In my country Senegal, people are generally supportive to one another. Donating is not only social but also religious. It's an essential cultural pillar, too. Sharing is one of the most important thing people use to maintain dialog, peace, love and harmony between them. I use it with my students by organizing donation events in the school (students bring all their garments they no longer wear that are still in good shape to donate them to the needy ones), the hospitals (blood donation, giving soap and detergents to women who have just delivered) and collecting money for their peers who have problems of health, catering, clothing and transportation fees. Donating helps nourish one's soul and develop empathy between individuals living in the same community.
Thanks,
Mansour (Senegal)

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In my community, people frequently advocate for a cause. Most of the time, they are experienced individuals who always take the lead to serve their community. Advocacy is well visible in our context because of many issues people have been through such as health, poverty, illiteracy, clandestine immigration, environmental problems, etc. Many individuals who have been victims or leaders in associations don't miss to take the lead and denounce or raise awareness to make their community members avoid those issues.
Best,
Mansour (Senegal)

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Doing for nothing. Doing for those who are in need. Volunteering in cleaning up the surroundings in the neighborhood can help connect individuals with the entire community. Volunterring to take care of the lonely senior people can make life easier for them.

Yuhsien, Taiwan

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Blood donation is very common on campus and in the communities. Money donation often takes place when there is a natural disaster; take earthquake or flooding for example. Used clothes and shoes are often donated to the orphanages.

Yuhsien, Taiwan

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Cleaning days, blood donation, planting trees, etc.

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Cleaning days, blood donation, planting trees, etc.

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Generally, we organize events like those cited above, two to three times in the school government's activities or in our community's local football team's activities. This is to make people understand and aware of that they are the only one to develop their areas with active participation.

Best,
Mansour (Senegal)

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I believe that it is any conscious driven act done by an individual who cares about the development of their community. Engaging in fighting against environmental issues like deforestation, plastics, and water and air pollution. It is also, making sacrifices to take one's community forward without waiting any reward from it. Generally, we organize with our learners physical investment events like planting trees, cleaning days in the school and outside, and awareness raising campaign about things that are obstacles to our community.

Mansour, (Senegal)

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Advocacy is also widespread in Moldova. We do have rallies organized ( we attend them for a democratic life and changes for a better life). I have topics in my course books related to this, which are really engaging and meaningful. (I'm teaching from English File 4th edition ,now)
Best, Nataly

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Donations are widespread in Moldova. We (my family) donate clothes, toys, sometimes money for health issues, etc.). When Ukrainians came as refugees here in Moldova,  almost every family engaged in various donations, it's still growing. I know people, NGOs that are involved in this. It's great that people are not indifferent to others' needs. 

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Donations are widespread in Moldova. We (my family) donate clothes, toys, sometimes money for health issues, etc.). When Ukrainians came as refugees here in Moldova,  almost every family engaged in various donations, it's still growing. I know people, NGOs that are involved in this. It's great that people are not indifferent to others' needs. 

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Best, Nataly

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Volunteering is widespread in a lot of countries. In my language center,  I might teach this topic in my English classes with adults, because they are more aware of what is beyond. 

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Volunteering is widespread in a lot of countries. In my language center,  I might teach this topic in my English classes with adults, because they are more aware of what is beyond. 

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Best, Nataly