School clubs in Wolayita

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Discussion: What clubs do you belong to? How many of you are part of a school club? How many clubs does your school have?

Discussion: What clubs do you belong to? What is good about being part of a club? Are there any down sides to joining a club?

This is Waraza Lasho Primary in Wolayita, Southern Ethiopia There are1420 students and 6 afterschool clubs

Taught sustainable farming, hygiene, animal management, GSD and saving culture Tools for the club are provided by Send a Cow Send a Cow extension workers initiated the after school clubs Send a Cow, is also the name of one of the afterschool clubs

Discussion: Why would you join a new club? Waraza Lasho Primary students said they joined the SAC club because: “We wanted to learn to grown our own food and to make money and to teach our parents so they can have more money.”

Students are given different responsibilities within the group, including: 1.A chair – who heads up organizing meetings and makes decisions 2.Cashier – Looks after the cash and discusses how to reinvest Do you have a specific responsibilities in your club?

The head teacher stated that the aim was that the children would take the skills they have learnt home. Most of the families have knowledge but not practical skills. The project highlights that money can be made from farming and that it is a possible career path. The knowledge is also passed onto other students in the school. The teachers facilitate this through plays and poems.

The students had made: 1 keyhole garden 1 composter 4 large plots They had grown: tomatoes (cash crop) onions (cash crop) Carrots Potatoes Chilies Cabbages Taro

With the vegetables they have grown they managed to save 450 Birr over a school year. With some of the money they bought: Pens Books Seeds Tools Reinvested half

One student had bought a chicken with the money she had made. She was now selling the eggs and was hoping to buy 2 more chickens in the future: “When I grow up I want to be an entrepreneur and sells lots of different things with lots of different businesses”

The teachers also talked about how they had learnt these skills and had passed them onto other teachers and friends within their community, expanding the impact of the training. Student Teachers Community

Discussion: 1.What impact does your club have? 2.Do you share what you learn with your friends and family? 3.What ways can you think of to pass on what you learn?

Send a Cow’s work in Ethiopia is currently supported through our Planting Hope campaign. Watch the video about school clubs showing the difference Send a Cow makes.

What can you do to help us plant hope across Ethiopia?

What action can your club take? You could fundraise… Sponsored silence Wear a onesie to school Cake sale Organise a school talent show Share your knowledge… Write a newsletter Assembly talk Host a community event

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