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Joy from child to child - ToyJoy
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News and photos about the projects are going to be added while the project is going on. |
Mankkaa School in Espoo, Finland with
a partner school in Botswana, Africa. Tommie Hamaluba is a teacher in Gaborone
Senior Secondary School.
Tommie with his
students in Helsinki Vantaa airport in February 2006.
ToyJoy means that the students in both countries simultaneously collect toys in order to send them to a developing country, where the toys will be distributed to underprivileged children in orphanages, kindergartens etc. In distribution we will use the contacts made within the international education and resource network - I*EARN. The idea of ToyJoy is to collect and share a dear toy that will bring joy to another child on the other side of the world. The toys, even if second-hand, must be in good shape and intact. It is an essential part of the general idea that the toys are not brand new, because new toys can be bought by the parents and lack all sentimental value. In ToyJoy the students give away something of their own which they have cared for. Even though a child does not have any money it may be good for him/her to realize through this project that some children have too man toys and some have too few .. or maybe none at all. The mailing expenses will be covered by the local sponsorships. And this idea is open for you all…. join us
More information about the project from the coordinators: Helena Rimali (helena dot rimali at kolumbus dot fi).
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I*EARN (www.iearn.org) International Education and Resource Network iEARN is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world
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