GYSD 2016

                                    GYSD (Global Youth Service Day)
                                                 Youth change the world                    
Our iEARN colleagues from Georgia posted the first Global Youth Service Day event pictures. Congratulations to Mzia Gagnidze' s team for a wonderful initiative! Daniela Munca- Aftenev

Gavazi GYSD project team

                                               Final Narrative report

Teacher / School	Narrative
Mzia Gagnidze Gavazi Public School, Georgia
Number of participants and Beneficiaries	About 20 participants and beneficiaries participated in the project. They were VII grade students, one IV grader volunteer, parents, cemetery guard, school administration.
Date and location	15.04.2016   Gavazi, in Georgia
Short description of activities	Mrs Mzia Gagnidze, IEARN-GEORGIA member, was included in GYSD through IEARN-GEORGIA and the invitation of IEARN-MOLDOVA. She informed the students about GYSD, asked them to take part in the project. After forming the team, we discussed the activities we could do for the community, and we agreed to clean the village cemetery. Soon we are going to celebrate Easter and everybody goes to the cemetery to light candles for their dead relatives and we think they will like it. We choose reporters to share information in youth forum about our steps,made a GYSD poster. Some days before cleaning the cemetery together with three volunteer boys went there and observed what job was there and what materials would be necessary to take with for cleaning. We made a list and shared other students. Parents were involved in the project. They didn’t come with us, but they borrowed us different kinds of tools for cutting, raking, lifting the rubbish. They presented us sacks for rubbish. One of the parents sent us gloves for everybody.We cleaned the cemetery, gathered bottles, broken vases, dry flower bunches, plastic bottles, cut prickles inside an abandoned grave. The cemetery guard helped us to take away the garbage from the cemetery. The day was unforgettable for the children.

Lessons learned

The students learned how to work in team, share and make a decision, respect each other’s opinions. The project helped them to be closer, everyone cared of one another, helped each other carrying sacks.They became more responsible.They returned home excited and proud of themselves.

                       
                                                     This is what we did
                       We are the 21st century generation.

There were lots of plastic bottles.
Hope community will appreciate our job. The children worked very hard. They were tired but they were excited. Great day! all of the expressed the willingness to do it again every two months.

The boys worked hard. They cut all the prickles inside an abandoned grave.

Ready for serving the community

IEARN-MOLDOVA Global Youth Service Day International Project

PARTICIPANTS ACTIVITIES VIDEOS

Gavazi Public School from GEORGIA Teacher: Mzia Gagnidze On April 15, 7th graders from Gavazi Public School from Georgia, supported by their school administration, a volunteer from the 4th grade, the cemetery guard and parents, celebrated Global Youth Service Day. They went to the village cemetery and cleared it up - they collected the rubbish, cut weeds and prickles from some abandoned graves. ​ "Soon we are going to celebrate Easter and everybody goes to the cemetery to light candles for their deceased relatives, which is why we chose to do this activity. Parents borrowed us different kinds of tools for cutting, raking, lifting the rubbish. They presented us sacks for rubbish. One of the parents sent us gloves for everybody. We cleaned the cemetery, gathered bottles, broken vases, dry flower bunches, plastic bottles, cut prickles inside an abandoned grave. The cemetery guard helped us to take away the garbage from the cemetery. This was an unforgettable experience for the children. The students learned how to work in team, share and make a decision, respect each other’s opinions. The project helped them to be closer, everyone cared of one another. They became more responsible.They returned home excited and proud of themselves."