Diary Entry - Community Engagement (Ana Cristina Saade Adum) by Ana Cristina Saade Adum

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 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

Comunication, was difficult at first know about that problem but each do a research and contain information and then separate it by, impacts, adaptations, animals affected, descriptions. Is reflected by always inform people the problem that is happening, life communicate and we use communication between us.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

In the project my role was research about the different species that are getting affected by the mining in different zones, these help us to understand more about the problem and respond questions for the logbook.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

For chose the problem all my group we talk about it, for chose the one that is impacting more, all we sugest different problems. My problem was the one that was choose by us, so in tht part I contribute and researching different facts about the topic

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 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

I learn that I am so good to research about new topics about environment, I discover that the communities living there are getting affected by too much contamination and rivers contaminates, also species get affected by the contamination of their environment.

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 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

I think can help by raise awareness the problem and importance that have the amazon here in ecuador, and the role that trees had to the environment. Our decisions was based on how can it be easier for people from different audiences to understand

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

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

The problem that the zone are facing is that the illegal mining are affecting species in the ecuadorian amazon, we discover this problem by searching and looking for different environmental problems by the human activity 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 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

My group think that was cool the poster, with the information organize and different colors. They think that we do a good research with quality information, all the ideas was respected by share and applicate all we think.

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 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

I think it can have too much impact because was easy to understand and can start to follow that campaings and solutions that exist to know more about it.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

I do all the weekend the project, when we had all the information in papers, and the during the weekend I work on it, pass on a better letter, print images, and put in the cardboard.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

It can change the way other people view the problem, because many exotic or key species for Ecuador's fauna are extinct, so we can raise awareness of everything that's happening and why people don't realize how important flora and fauna are for the environment.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

For organize this campaign we choose all that we have to talk about a problem in amazon because is a place important to Eucador, were are many part of the oxygen and happen many problems that we dont know as a community, I collaborate by buying materials, and search different facts.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

The best part was learn what I had to say, was easy to learn it. And the most difficult was organize all the information and also do the inquiry question, at first we dont find something with sense.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

A problem that we had was that we dont know how to find the solutions, but then lucas that do that part offers to research about it and he find four different solutions and the description of each one.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

My entire group, which includes Victoria, Lucas, Juan Pablo, and I, is working together to ensure that we all reach an agreement that more people can learn more about this issue and understand that it's important for everyone. We aim to address the mining problem and how it affects species and their habitats.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

By listen the ideas of all of my group, and if in groups were late help them to continue. Also first for my group was difficult to start because someones dont come to school, but then in group we do all good with respect.

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 — 2025-09-23 14:42:04 UTC

I want to change put more details about the impacts that have people of that community and how they are too affect about that. My goal for future is to talk about a problem that is not to famous for others.