The Giving Club

Service Learning

The Giving Club

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he Giving Club is a club that strives to provide quality education to those in need with the support they require, without expecting anything in return. For our club, the definition of ‘quality education’ is not only defined as strong academics but also basic values, ethics, and etiquettes.

This is because being academically strong may give you more opportunities than others, paving an opening for your future, but being an ethical person will give you trust and sincerity from others, allowing you to walk on the road to your goal.

For our first action, our club spent a day at Wat Ko School. We arrived in the morning and started to conduct activities with the students. The activities were prepared according to the age group of the students so there were many activities happening at the same time with three different age groups of students. After all the activities were done the students were brought together to participate in the two last activities before we headed back to school, which were Christmas gift hunting and hot ball game. This experience was a nice way to celebrate Christmas with the students and it made us come to realize which aspect of education that should be emphasized more than the others when aiding these children in schooling.

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We were lucky to be able to complete our first action, even though the second project was changed and delayed according to the Covid-19 circumstances. Concordian places utmost importance on nurturing students to become moral and compassionate individuals, therefore our club decided to emphasize on these skills.

Members of the club were grouped into pairs and each pair had to come up with a proposal and video relating to topics including etiquette, leadership skills, bullying, and more. After the final products are completed, one video will be projected each week in the PYP Monday morning assemblies.

Lastly, we'd like to thank the Concordian community for providing us with the opportunity to establish this club, to build this community and to give us the privilege of giving, giving education, care and sincerity to those who need it. We hope that in the future, someday, a kid would achieve his or her dream with our help, along with finding the happiness they truly desire. Although this future is still far away, each and every day, we work as a whole to step closer to it. And on the day we finally are able to grasp this goal of ours, we would like to sincerely thank everyone who helped us reach it.

Lina Grade 9S & Eclair Grade 9C Although this is a student-led club, nothing President & Former Vice President of would have been possible without the guidance The Giving Club of our advisors. This club is like another small family, and we are very thankful for the ones who left or are still a part of our journey. We are thankful for all the obstacles that we faced because it not only helped us improve, but bonded us even more through the face of adversity. We hope that this family will continue to develop and create an ever-growing positive change to society.

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