Volunteer students organized a clean-up event in their neighborhood on May 6th as part of a project to raise environmental awareness. The goal was to educate students and the local community about environmental problems and encourage daily actions to improve the local environment. The students developed a new respect for their community and sense of pride after cleaning up. Volunteering helps improve lives and communities while also giving volunteers a greater sense of belonging. Keeping cities clean is important for public health, tourism, and future generations. Effective ways to do so include proper trash disposal and educating others.

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Volunteer‘sDayNewsletter 5
Project Number:
2014-1-PT01-KA201-001041
May 2016

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In accordance with the agenda of our approved project “Family, Community and School: The
troika of my Values’ we organized a “Volunteers’ Day’ on the 6th
of May. With the volunteer
students we tried to collect the garbage around our neighbourhood. The objective of our activity
is that our students and local people should become aware, acquire knowledge, develop atti-
tudes, skills and abilities and be able to address real-life environmental problems. Our aim is also
to
encourage our students to take action every day that improves and beautifies their community
environment. We are all sure that the students participating in this activity have understood the
fragility of our environment and the importance of its protection. They have also developed a
new respect for one another and sense of pride in their community after a clean-up event. At the
end of the day all the students went their home with a huge joy as they did something good for
their community and environment.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING VOLUNTEER
The act of volunteering is found in all cultures, languages, and religions. Each year, hundreds of
millions of people volunteer their time and skills to help make the world a better place. When
they volunteer, they help to improve the lives of others. And when they volunteer, they also gain
a greater sense of belonging to their communities.
It is an opportunity for volunteers to raise awareness of, and gain understanding for, the
contribution they make to their communities. It is also viewed as a unique chance for volunteers
and organisations to celebrate their efforts, to share their values, and to promote their work
among their communities.
HOW TO KEEP OUR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN?
Would you like it if your house is filled with dirt and waste and there is bad odour all around?
Would you be able to live in such a place? The answer to this question is NO. We will not be able
to live in a place which is full of waste and bad odour all around. In fact, no one can live in such
an untidy place. We all clean our houses, our clothes, the utensils we eat in, and most importantly
ourselves and that to everyday. Why do we do that? We do that, so that we can maintain our
hygiene and stay healthy and fit. When we cannot stay in a house which is not clean, then how
can we stay in a city which is not clean and tidy. It is our duty to keep our city clean, not only for
us, but also for the people visiting our city and for also for the future generations.
There can be many ways in which we can keep our city clean. They include throwing garbage
and waste in dustbins and not on the road, if we see any plastic material being thrown on the
road, we should pick it up and should throw it in the dustbin and should not feel ashamed of it,
we should teach others to do the same, we should use public toilets , we should not write on the
historical buildings and monuments, we should throw our household waste in the locality dust-
bins and not outside our house and most importantly we should aware people about the ad-
vantages of keeping our city clean and should promote
campaigns and activities on this issue.
KÖKSAL SEZGİN
Turkish Coordinator

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4th Project meeting:
2o Epaggelmatiko Lykeio
Xantis-2o EPAL Xantis
11-15 May 2015
— Short-term Exchange of Group
of Pupils