Diary Entry - Community Engagement (Bianca Domenica Barandearan Vera) by Bianca Domenica Barandearan Vera

Identify: Which IB value or attribute motivated you to take part in this project? and Analyze: How is it reflected in the actions you proposed?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

Solidarity because I wanted to help the community of Galapagos to stop this problem. I put how is it affected so they can stop doing those actions.

Identify: What was your role in this project, and why is it important for the community and its environment?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

I was student number 3. I investigate and write about human activity impact in the problem we chose. This project is important for the community because with information from our poster they can know how to take care of Galapagos and its environment.

Analyze: How did you take part in group conversations when organizing the project? What did you contribute in those conversations?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

I gave the idea of doing the problem of overfishing. In all the conversations I gave my ideas and then we would come to a single idea.

Analyze What did you learn about yourself while working on this project? And explain: What did you discover about the community and its environment?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

I learn about myself that I can put a lot of effort in projects If I want to. I discover what caused overfishing, also how to thelp them, and what species are in danger because of this.

Analyze: Why do you think the activity you designed can help the community and its environment? And explain: What did you base your decisions on?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

I think it can help because in the information we put the actions that led to it and its solutions so you can stop doing the actions and start doing the solutions. I base it by thinking on the biodiversity of Galapagos.

Identify and describe: What specific problem do these communities face, and how did you discover this need?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

The communities face overfishing problems. We discover it by researching about local problems in Ecuador.

Explain: What did other people in the group think about the project and how did you show respect for their ideas, even if they were different from yours?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

The other people in the group thaught it was a great idea, I listen to their ideas and also share mine, and after we discuss it to come up with a single idea that we all agree.

Evaluate: What impact do you think your project had on the people in the school community? and explain: What signs showed you this impact?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

I think they realized how bad we had damaged this beautiful ecosystem and that they need to start taking action of it. A sign that make me think this is that when we talk they listen carefully and with attention.

Explain: What did you personally do to make the project happen? And describe: What was your responsibility?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

I gave the idea of doing the problem of Overfishing and thats the one we do. My responsability was to research about human activity and to organize the poster, and sometimes to organize the group.

Explain: How can your actions help change the way different people or groups contribute to these communities and their environment?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

I start to promote my poster and talk about it with people so they can start helping the environment and save it.

Explain: What decisions did you make together as a group to organize this campaign, and how did you collaborate in the planning?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

We make the decision of dividing which part each one was going to do, I chose the student 3, I collaborate by suggesting each one of them the part they should do according to ther skills.

Analyze: What did you do well during this project? and explain: What was the most difficult part for you?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

I did well the information, I research about the topic that I had to and put the information resumed but understandable. Thge most difficult part was when I had to find the sources to look on because most of them were not trustable.

Analyze: What problems or difficulties did you face during the project? And explain: What changes did you make to continue?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

A problem we had is that at first we had made the information to small to read, so we have to do it all over again this time bigger and prettier.

Recognize: Who are the people or groups involved in this project, and how do they work together to reach a common goal?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

My group is Isabella Paulson, Analia Baquerizo, Julieta Gomez and Roberto Ledesma. We work together to achive one goal, to inform people about the overfishing in Galapagos and start helping.

Describe: When did you show empathy toward people in the community and how did you demonstrate it with actions?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

If they told me they couldn t find more information about their topic I helped them research so they can complete their part , also If they told me that they didn t know how to organize it I told them suggestions.

Explain: What would you like to do differently or better in a future community project? What goal do you set for yourself to keep growing?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 16:47:58 UTC

I would like to do better the organization of the poster, this one was pretty but the information could be better organize, like better put on the poster. A goal I put to myself is to organize my time because is what mostly keepd me down.