The Second Meeting

Hello, this is Iris from Korea. I'm going to give you a broad view about what happend in our 2d meeting.

The Second Meeting of the Global Children Project

Date: November 5^th, 2011

Place: Seoul Gangnam-gu “High End Academy”

Participation members: Maggie, Iris, Sydney, Gloria, Toby, John, Mr. H

Fundraising during Sep~Oct. 2011

Flee market at Sumusoup Library Oct. 29: 52,000 won (Maggie, Olivia, Iris, Sydney took part)

The book of Maggie “Evergreen”: 7700 X 26 = 200,200 won

Debate Guide for Rookies( Maggie’s sister) : 7000 X 42000 won

                                                                                            

Total: 294,400 won

Tips for holding a Flee market

1.     It has to be under 5000 won.

2.     Do not try to sell old clothes.

How and Where to donate: Through Copion (http://www.copion.or.k/)

Every month, we’re going to send 50000 won~ 100000 won to Copion.

We will start sending the money starting in December. We will start by donating money for school supplies in Cambodia. We agreed that the donation money’s use will change every four months. For example, on the first donation; we will donate money to buy school supplies, on the second donation; we will donate money to buy stationary… and so on.

TGCP’s Bank Account

We were going to decide on the bank account number and the password, but John had a good idea. Because some of our parents have a lot of money in their bank account, we are going to use our parents’ bank account to save the TGCP money, to get more interest(이자).

Becoming Globalized

Countries that we will branch out: U.S, Spain, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Israel

Countries that we already branched out to: Canada, Singapore, and England

Campaigns

“Happy Race for Students in Cambodia”

-       We are going to hold a “three legged race”

-       People such as our friends and family will bet money on how far we will be able to run. The maximum amount of money is 1000 won, because we do not want to put any burden on them by requiring so much money.

-       We agreed that we will get together and hold the race at the same place: Seoul

“STICKER Campaign”

-       Gloria is capable of making and designing stickers. She will design stickers that have the TGCP and the Evergreen logo on it. One sticker will be sold for 50 won.

“Naver Happybean”

-       In the Korean portal site called “Naver”, there’s a donation program called “Happybean.”

A certain corporation would sponsor the happybeans. The happy beans are equal to money, and one happybean is equal to 100 won. We are thinking of asking Samsung to sponsor Happybeans for TGCP.

“Bridge”

-       We are thinking of asking broadcasting companies or corporations to donate money to TGCP. The reason that we think that this will be successful is that because we are thirteen and this is special. Our name, “The Global Children” allows people to know that we don’t only work in Korea, but all over the world.

Election

President: Margaret
Vice president: John
Chun Cheon’s president: Iris

Chun Cheon’s vice president: Sydney

Seoul’s president: Toby

Eco Campaign

-       Toby and John would hand out the paper to the class presidents at their schools.

(For other information, please look at the Eco-Campaign page in www.tgcproject.blogspot.com)

Registering as a legal organization

1.     It needs 100 members

2.     Every year, we have to prove that we did something worthy.

(However, registering as a youth organization and registering as a regular organization is a little different, so we’re still looking into it.)

-       I would also like to say special thanks to Mr. H for being with us, and coming all the from Yong-in to help us run the meeting.

About Cambodia

Hello, this is Margaret and from now on I am going to give a weekly report about Cambodia.

Climate

Being located in the tropical zone north of the equator, Cambodia has a monsoon climate. Monsoon season runs May - November, stretching from November/December - April. Immediately after the monsoon, the blanketing green of the countryside can be stunningly beautiful. In the north, winters are generally colder, while throughout most of the country temperatures remain fairly constant. The average year-round temperature in Cambodia is 27.7C (the highest monthly average being 35C, the lowest monthly average being 21C). There is often seasonal flooding in Phnom Penh and the rest of Cambodia in late July and early August. At the peak of the wet season it can rain as often as two in every three days.

Thank you

TGCP Eco campaign

The Global Children Project의

ECO Campaign

하얀 털이 특징인 크림 고슴도치

꼭 인형 같이 귀여운 하프 물범

쿵후 팬더의 주인공 팬더

상어로부터 사람을 구한 일이 종종 있는 물속의 수호신 라와디 돌고래

이들의 공통점은 무엇일까요?

바로 멸종 위기에 처한 동물들입니다.

얼음이 녹고, 정글이 나무 없는 속살을 보이면서, 이들은 하나 둘씩 죽어가고 있습니다.

사람들이 파괴한 환경이 만들어낸 비극, 우리가 할 일은 정녕 없을까요?

있습니다!

예를 들면 종이컵!

우리나라에서는 일 년에 약 120억 개의 종이컵이 사용됩니다.

이 종이컵들을 만들기 위해 어마어마한 양의 나무가 베어집니다.

또한 종이컵을 만들며 발생되는 우리나라의 이산화탄소는 13만 2000톤

이만큼의 이산화탄소를 없애기 위해 필요한 나무는 일 년에 4,725 그루

그리고 이 종이컵들을 만드는 것에 드는 비용은 매년 약 1000억

또 종이컵을 소각처리나 매립할 때 드는 비용 매년 60억!

그럼 우리는 무엇을 해야 할까요?

바로 정답은 개인컵과 올바른 재활용 입니다

우리가 종이컵을 사용하지 않는다면 수많은 나무를 구할 수 있고,

그 비용으로 세계를 위한 많은 일을 할 수 있습니다.

종이컵은 코팅을 벗겨야만 다시 재활용 할 수 있습니다.

그러므로, 종이컵은 종이컵끼리 따로 모아서 버려야만 합니다.

또한 학교에서 나눠주는 안내장을 본 후에는 연습장으로 씁시다!

노트와 수첩, 다이어리 등은 끝까지 다 사용합시다!

우리가 시작한 일 우리가 끝내야 합니다.

오늘도 동물들은 기다립니다.

사람들이 깨닫기를

우리와 동물들의 미래, 오늘 우리가 지킵시다!!

With our society stressed by the sickening environment, The Global Children Project have made an Eco campaign that encourages people to be more aware and alert of our current state of the environment. The first project done by the Eco campaign is to reduce the use of paper cups. In the process of manufacturing the paper cups a lot of money is costed and as timber is the staple source for the paper cup, a lot of logging should be done, clearing out the trees. By not using the paper cups, the money that is usually spent on the cups could be used to fund environmental institutions. Also, trees, indispensible for the ecosystem would be saved. The former Korean writing, which gives detailed information about the paper cups, was first distributed to the students in Seong Won Elementary school, in Chun Cheon. In the future, our organization is planning to spread the campaign to other schools.

A new book-Debate guide for Rookies

A new book has been published by my sister, Sarah, which is 'Debate guides for Rookies" The book aims to convey the tactics and methods in debating to the new debate learners, the rookies. The book is currently being sold at the cost of ten thosand Won in a few bookstores. All proceeds from the book is to be donated to the TGCP, as mentioned on the back of the book. If you are interested in getting the book, please let me know by contacting me by this email address bambicuty@hanmail.net

Thank you

This is Anne, currently reporting from Singapore.
I presume many of you have mistaken that Singapore is a perfectly safe country, with no natural disasters and terrorists. Did you know that in the corner, where the government is not looking, there are children crying secretely? Well, it is no exception for Singapore.

Any victim of family abuse, regardless of nationality, should seek and will receive assistance. The National Family Violence Networking System links social service agencies, schools, hospitals and the Police in order to provide multiple access points for assistance. Crisis shelters, medical treatment, psychological support, counselling, financial and legal aid are available to all victims of family abuse.

We recognise that foreign wives and their children may lack local family or kinship support, and deserve extra attention. Social workers at the crisis shelters work with these women to prevent and deter violence, provide support and practical assistance and safeguard their children. Affected children deemed to be at risk of harm will be assisted by the Child Protective Centre.Foreign wives are accorded the same protections as Singaporean women under the project. The Court may grant a Personal Protection Order in situations where family violence has occurred or is likely to occur. Charges may be brought against the perpetrator under the Penal Code for voluntarily causing grievous hurt.

I have been to the orphanage (for charity programme) with Bryan, Jack and Lynette.
Many children looked bright and were bubbly. However in between them, there were few of them who looked solemn and completely desolated. How can we give hope to them? Bryan made fool of himself while trying to amuse them.

They were still not pleased.

We used to go to the orphanage once a week but nowadays under the examination pressure,we are restricted in our rooms, studying and consolidating our knowledge. However, we still would like to bring hope and laughter to the monotonous orphange.

Reported by: Anne
(If anyone would like to hear the prologue of my new story LemonTree, please let me know.)

The book Ever Green

Hello this is Maggie.

I had recently published a book called Ever Green.

It is not a book about the tree 'Ever Green' but it means another story, related to  the term.

If you are interested or want the book, please email me and I will be glad to send it to you.

My email is bambicuty@hanmail.net and please leave your home address.

Thank you.

1# The T-shirt collection

Hello this is Maggie.

Few weeks ago after the first meeting, we had agreed upon collecting T-shirts from schools to be sold in garage sales that open in schools and the local library. So the first act was targeted at Chun Cheon Sung Won elementary school where I attend. Another member, Olivia is also attending the same school, and we met each other for discussions of how to put the plan into action. So we produced a paper that contains precisely what we are planning to do at what time and at what location and gave it to our principle. This is what we handed out.

The Global Children Project

#1캄보디아 학교 건설 프로젝트

2011년 9월2일~9월9일 (조정가능)

참가인: 6-9 안규원  6-3 이지희  6-1 한지인 6-2 김다빈

1_기부 받는 옷에 대해서

 1) 옷(상의, 하의, 신발 모두 가능함)

 2) 옷이 너무 더럽지 않도록 빨아서 주시기 바랍니다.

 3) 너무 낡은 옷(찢어진 옷, 색이 빠진 옷, 늘어난 옷 등)은 받지 않습니다.

 

2_기부 방법

 1) 쇼핑백 혹은 비닐에 옷을 모아주세요.

 2) (학교의 한 공간에 모은다)

 

3_옷이 어디에 이용될지

 1) 학교 바자회에서 옷을 판다. (학교 바자회가 없을 경우 어린이들만의 바자회를 연다)

 2) 공동 도서관의 바자회에서 판다.

 3) 남은 옷은 고아원이나 다른 단체에 기부한다.

 4) 모은 돈은 TGCP 에게 기증한다.

      13살도 세상을 바꿀 수 있습니다.

We visited our principle many times at lunch time or in between breaks so as to talk to him as much as possible and to get his approval of our plan. He gave his consent, saying that he believed that thirteen year olds can make a difference in the world, and he gave us a lot of advice to improve our agenda. We are to spread this plan to the whole school by using the school newspaper, the posters and by making speeches at the assembly. Also, the principle is going to talk to the teachers and is going to put it in the school homepage. Here I whole heartedly thank our principal and my trustful member Olivia. I'm sorry that the paper that we handed out is in Korean, but my school is a Korean school and they don't use english. Soon the T-shirts would be collected and be sold to people for the Global Children Project to help the children. 

If you have a warm heart please email me at bambicuty@hanmail.net to share your ideas about the project or please send donations or any kind of clothing to the following address

Chun Cheon City, Seok-Sa Dong Hyun Jin-Evervill 108-201 South Korea

Thank you