Tree of Hope
I feel the need for something upbeat & motivational & this is certainly that!The Tree of Hope project was a collaboration between the University of Tasmania and the Launceston City Council to give primary school children in Launceston the opportunity to celebrate their hopes and dreams for the future.
Approximately 1070 Launceston students from grades 1 to 6 in 45 classes and 15 schools participated in the project. Researchers facilitated class discussions during which students explored ideas of hope and the future. Students discussed the extent to which their hopes and wishes represent personal, local, national or global wishes (or a combination of these).
They then individually wrote about their hope for the future on the "leaf" and decorated their leaf ready for display on the Tree of Hope. The completed leaves were then displayed on the Tree of Hope at an exhibition at the QVMAG between June & July this year.
The content was so inspiring that it's prompted the compilation of a book which is available for free download from the Tree of Hope website. I guarantee that it'll cheer up the saddest sack and soften the most cynical heart.
Here's the briefest of tasters from the section entitled Social Justice:
* That poverty will end so everyone can be happy. Ray (5/6 Norwood)
* My hope for the future is that people can afford to live well. Gabriel (3/4 West Launceston)
* In the future I wish no one is poor. Sam (3/4 Youngtown)
* I wish in the future that in other countries that they get more money. That there are more jobs. Ezra (3/4 Youngtown)
* So we all have jobs. Eddie (2/3 Glen Dhu)
* For poor countries and people to be happy and eat a good meal every night and day. Elsa (5/6 Youngtown)
* For everyone to have food and water. Abbey (3/4 Norwood)
* Food and water for the world. Alana (1 St Anthonys)
* That everyone has food and water. Make poverty history. That I always have friends and family. World peace. Jack (5/6 Norwood)
* Raise money for clean water for poor people and animals. Hannah (4 Summerdale)
* Everyone in the world has money. Harry (1 St Anthonys)
* That everyone will have enough money to buy food. Anna (1 St Anthonys)
* I want the world’s petrol price to go down. Kayla (4 Summerdale)
* I want to be rich and give money to the poor and victims of tsunamis, cyclones, etc. So they are happy. Jackson (6 Trevallyn)
* That people will go to Uganda to build some houses for poor people. Zak (4 Summerdale)
* To have more happy faces in the community. And to have more schools in other countries that need them. Zac Sh (3/4 Riverside)
Enjoy.
posted by Alan Melton @ 2:49 pm
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