This project helped me to become/understand the concept of being a global citizen because we displayed qualities of a global citizen when we were taking part in our event. The definition of a global citizen is someone who helps to make an impact in the world to solve a problem. Animal abuse and animals getting abandoned are two very big problems that we helped to raise awareness for while doing our event. We researched the statistics and put them on our website so others could see them too. By doing this event and raising awareness for pet abuse, we got two dogs adopted and put into safe homes!
I think some of the patterns we did to help ourselves complete this event was always check in with each other to see how we were doing on our different tasks we were assigned. We also made a group chat so we could keep in contact with each other outside of school. Something I learned in the research process of it all, was that after time many owners become uninterested in their pets. I have never had a pet before, so I would never think that someone would just get "uninterested" in their pets, but they do. This leads to them being abandoned. I often see people very happy with their pets, so when I read the research about owners often leaving their pets on the door steps of shelters I was really shocked and felt sorry for the animals. In the beginning, I predicted that we were going to have our event take place at a park, and that we were going to have a lot of dogs all running around and having fun. But, as it turns out we ended up changing our event last minute to the Ewa Petco. There we only have about three dogs to play with and showcase, and two of the three dogs had to stay in their cages. However, the results ended well with two of the three dogs getting adopted! An effective long term plan for action is very important. If you want to make a change in the world, or an impact, a short term plan would not make a powerful enough change. Doing this event taught me a lot of things and I will remember this forever!
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AuthorHi there! My name is Teah Forsythe and I am a sophomore at Kamehameha Schools Kapālama. Archives
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