Michael Brown (Killeeneen National School, Craughwell, Co. Galway) and Alan Kerins
We have now launched our ‘Kids 2 Kidz’ Programme. This is part of the Alan Kerins Community Youth Leadership International Development Programme. We are offering each school a HP Laptop and the unique opportunity to attend the first ever ‘Kids 2 Kidz’ Educational Conference in Galway once they have raised €1500 for the Charity. To help each school to raise this money we also launched our new Christmas Gift Cards, which provide such gifts as a Christmas dinner and school fees for the children of Zambia. The cards cost between €5 and €10 each and would be a wonderful Christmas stocking filler for every family. These cards will be available through your local primary school and also on the Alan Kerins Projects website on www.alankerinsprojects.org you can also contact us on info@alankerinsprojects.org or telephone 091 750057
The ‘Kids 2 Kidz’ programme aims to improve education and to fight hunger in Zambia as well as instilling a sense of active citizenship and civic engagement in young Irish children. We believe that the pupils in our Primary Schools can help us to achieve these worthy goals.
Participation in this programme will ensure that the children will became more aware of the positive impact that their individual and collective generosity can make on the lives of Zambian children of their own age as well as the significance of the role of international aid for many people in developing countries, with particular reference to Zambia.
The ‘Kids 2 Kidz’ programme will also allow the schools to participate in the ‘Kids 2 Kidz’ Educational Conference in February 2012, where, as part of the Development Education workshops, we will introduce the children to the projects where their money is being spent. Along with our partners Hewlett Packard, DERI NUI Galway and the Galway Education Centre, we will provide demonstrations on the educational uses of the the HP laptop. We are also hoping to be able to establish a live link to the project school in Zambia during the conference.
The Launch of Alan Kerins Projects 'Kids 2 Kidz' Programme. In attendance were L-R Alan Kerins, David Forde (Hewlett Packard), Joe Kennelly (Principal, Cregmore National School, Galway), Cait Ni Mhaille (Chairperson, Galway Education Centre) Bernard Kirk (Galway Education Centre), Brendan Smith (DERI-NUIG) and Liam Bluett (Alan Kerins Projects Board Member)
