March Break Social Justice Ideas

Looking for ideas on what you can do with your students this March Break? Here's a few simple ideas.

1. Do a screening* of the Academy Award director's Girl Rising, an innovative new feature film about the power of education to change a girl and the world featuring star-studded narration cast, then have a discussion about it after:

2. Do a fundraiser and donate the money to a cause your students are passionate about:

• Purple Potty: Paint an old toilet purple . Tell your church community that there’s a purple potty flushing out hunger all over town . $15 sends the toilet to the yard of the donor’s choosing . $20 gets it removed and the donor gets to pick the next destination . $35 buys “potty insurance”. Make it a competition and award the prestigious “Golden Plunger” to the student who sells the most potty insurance policies.
• ‘Yarrr’d sale: everyone loves a good yard sale . everyone loves dressing up likes pirates! Combine the two for a golden opportunity to raise funds by selling your old treasures.Your awesome garb will grab the attention of people passing by.
• Check out the Famine101 resource guide at famine.ca for more ideas

3. Bring water to the well: Feel the difficulties people face in getting clean drinking water . Put a large bucket or drum somewhere in your school, church, or community centre, far away from a tap. Have your group fill it using only a small drinking bottle they carry back and forth from the tap. You could even turn this into a race.

4. Volunteer locally: Help out at a local soup kitchen or nursing home. You could also collect cans for a local food bank. 

Proverbs 29:7 "The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern."

*To borrow a copy of Girl Rising feel free to reach out to one of our World Vision Youth Canada Coaches:

• Eastern Canada/Quebec: Leanne_Prescott@worldvision.ca
• Central Canada: Jobin_Sam@worldvision.ca
• Western Canada: Alexandra_Hayes@worldvision.ca 

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