This Kahiau Project helped me to understand the concept of being an Action Researcher and Global Citizen because this project made me actually take action. It’s super easy to just say that you’re going to help other people, but not do anything more. This project got me to actually help out and take that next step to help others. This whole process was basically a cycle of planning, asking, and collecting. When we were asking, it came with a lot of patience. That was the most useful tool in this that helped us to collect cans because if we kept bugging people about cans, they weren’t going to donate so it took a lot of patience and planning. A perspective I learned about in the research process was the other side. All we see is food on our plates every day, but the other side of our project-the ones we were helping-don’t have food to supply for their family. It was kind of eye-opening and it really made me more grateful for what I have because food is something that we often take for granted and being able to realize that others don’t have food on the table every night made me want to waste less and help out more. In the beginning of the project, we actually started by saying we were going to do a beach clean up because we wanted to help out. It quickly got changed because we felt it would be difficult to schedule a beach clean up around our busy schedules, so we ended up scheduling a canned food drive. We initially planned the food drive for end of March, but due to lack of donations at that time, we extended it until end of April. I personally didn’t expect to get a lot of cans mainly because when I told people about the drive, they would say they didn’t want to donate. By the end, I started to get more donations, but overall the results were a lot better than we planned since Makana collected about 100 cans. An effective long term plan for action is vital in a project like this. Our plan of action wasn’t too effective because we kept moving back due dates and collecting to the last minute. In contrast, because we extended collection deadlines, we were able to actually collect more cans, but it would be a lot more helpful and organized if we were to just set the deadlines to a specific date and stick with it.
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AuthorMy name is Sierra Kanoa. I am 16 and a tenth grader at Kamehameha Schools Kapālama. This project is important to me personally because I take so much for granted, and a big thing that I take for granted is food, and this project is making me appreciate all I have since many people don't have what I do. Mahalo nui for supporting our project! Archives
May 2017
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