Agnes Zabali Boys And Girls Club
Throughout the past few years I have taken part in many projects and activities to foster education and global engagement. The most recent is my upcoming outreach trip to the Agnes Zabali Boys and Girls Club. This trip was planned by myself, 3 other education students and our faculty supervisor. The purpose of this trip is to provide support for the Agnes Zabali Boys and Girls Club (AZBGC). As Education students, we are taking this opportunity to provide daily lessons for the children who visit the Boys and Girls Club. We started the planning in September and we have put in over 120 hours since then in order to make this trip as beneficial for the children at the AZBGC. Apart of this planning, we have raised funds to help support the children's’ education costs. While planning for this outreach trip, I decided to partner with a local grade seven class to teach them about social justice. Their classroom teacher told me that with the recent media attention in the USA she is having difficulty teaching her students about justice and discrimination. We decided to partner together to teach both the Ugandan Children as well as the Canadian grade seven class about what it is like to live in a different part of the world. This partnership will entail writing letters to each other as well as creating a video about life in each of their respective locations.
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On a smaller scale, I take part in global engagement with the five foster teens who I care for on a weekly basis.
These teens are all considered high risk and all have serious mental health challenges. When we are together I model how to be a good citizen. Together we complete small volunteer projects such as working at community activities and the food
bank.
Last year I did a clothing drive amongst my friends and family to help support these teens. I brought many large bags of clothing for the teens to choose from. When they asked me where I got all the clothing from and I explained that I asked friends and family for their unwanted clothes. The teens were very happy that they had some new (to them) clothing that they felt confident in wearing to school. When we were done of the boys said “we never got cool clothes like this at my old foster home”. We then discussed how we can help others without having much to give. Together, we worked to come up with the idea that the teens could donate their unwanted clothing to the clothing drive and we could bring it to the Children’s Aid Society so that other foster kids could get some new cloths.
Additionally to my global engagement, I have maintained an average of above an A for the last 4 years of my post-secondary education. I believe that I would be an excellent candidate for the Sharon Cook Excellence in Teaching Award. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Hunter Kelly
On a smaller scale, I take part in global engagement with the five foster teens who I care for on a weekly basis.
These teens are all considered high risk and all have serious mental health challenges. When we are together I model how to be a good citizen. Together we complete small volunteer projects such as working at community activities and the food
bank.
Last year I did a clothing drive amongst my friends and family to help support these teens. I brought many large bags of clothing for the teens to choose from. When they asked me where I got all the clothing from and I explained that I asked friends and family for their unwanted clothes. The teens were very happy that they had some new (to them) clothing that they felt confident in wearing to school. When we were done of the boys said “we never got cool clothes like this at my old foster home”. We then discussed how we can help others without having much to give. Together, we worked to come up with the idea that the teens could donate their unwanted clothing to the clothing drive and we could bring it to the Children’s Aid Society so that other foster kids could get some new cloths.
Additionally to my global engagement, I have maintained an average of above an A for the last 4 years of my post-secondary education. I believe that I would be an excellent candidate for the Sharon Cook Excellence in Teaching Award. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Hunter Kelly