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On
February 3rd 2008, was marked with a
beneficial event in Padang, Indonesia.
The students from SMA 1 Padang (Senior
Secondary School), as well as a
schoolteacher, organized a community
service. This service intended to
improve the preparedness of the
students in facing the natural
disasters like earth quake and
tsunami. This service primarily
focused on distributing pamphlets that
can give contribution in increasing
the people knowledge especially the
students related with the ways that
can be implemented to reduce the
number of victims if natural disasters
occur in the future. In addition, the
volunteers also trained the elementary
school students in arranging safety
maps containing the school sketch,
escape areas and routes that can lead
them to the safe places. Each
participants successfully participate
in the activities.
This
event took place at Baitul Rahman
Institution, exactly at the elementary
schools. In this event, there were
about fifteen students from SMA 1
Padang joined as volunteers. They went
to this institution to conduct several
activities related with the
preparedness in facing Natural
disasters. At this institution, there
are three elementary schools Fifty
children attended this event,
accompanied by their teachers.
Firstly,
the volunteers distributed pamphlets
to the elementary schools students
containing the information about
earthquake and tsunami to the
elementary students. These pamphlets
were designed by the volunteers from
SMA 1 Padang, under guidance of the
schoolteachers. The volunteers divided
the children into several groups, and
then they explained several things
that can be done to anticipate the
natural disasters, especially
earthquake and tsunami. The elementary
students were delighted listening to
the information presented by the
volunteers and they actively asked
them several questions. The children
enthusiastically acquired knowledge
regarding the preparedness improvement
in facing natural disasters such as
earthquake and tsunami.
Next,
After distributing several pamphlets
the volunteers from SMA 1 Padang
trained the children in making safety
maps. In this activity, the children
worked nimbly in their groups with the
things and tools provided by the
volunteers in making safety maps. In
finishing their works, the children
shared their job, with the help of the
volunteers.
In
organizing this project, the
volunteers had prepared everything
needed since the first week of January
2008. They shared the jobs to be
handled assisted by the teachers, in
order to they could conduct this
community service successfully.
This
service provided the volunteers a
sense of solidarity with the children,
and an appreciation for the importance
of improving children preparedness in
facing the natural disasters.
Similarly, this activity can add the
sense of awareness among youth,
particularly with something dealt with
their own surroundings. Furthermore,
this community service can recruit any
self-motivating, success oriented, and
hard working generation that can be
harnessed in progressing a country.
In short, energetic, wonderful,
and lovely iEARNers from Padang
enjoyed this meaningful community
service.
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