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Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing our planet today. According to a 2021 report by UNICEF, the climate crisis is a child rights crisis, and over 1 billion children, which is nearly half of the world’s children, are living in extremely high-risk countries. This puts children in vulnerable situations where natural disasters can have a devastating impact on their lives.
Aspire is committed to addressing the link between climate change, children, and education. We believe that education is the key to creating a sustainable future for our planet. Through our work, we aim to help children understand the importance of the environment and encourage them to take the necessary steps towards preserving it.
In the state of Odisha, we have seen the devastating impact of climate change first-hand. In just two decades, the state has experienced seven cyclones that have caused environmental degradation, loss of agricultural and forest biodiversity, and food and water scarcity. When the Fani cyclone hit in 2019, Aspire provided much-needed support to over 1.5 million people who were impacted by the disaster. We distributed food and clean drinking water and planted more than 50,000 trees in six blocks of Odisha, even though we were in our inception period with only one project running.

Our Work

At Aspire, we believe that education is the best tool for creating awareness about the environment and the impact of climate change on our daily lives. That’s why we have developed a series of tasks for children that include drawing and explaining the jungle, learning about natural disasters like the Pakistan flood and Odisha cyclone, and studying science topics like adaptation, animal kingdom, biodiversity, and climate change. We also encourage children to learn about inspiring figures like Greta Thunberg, whose activism has had a significant impact on young people around the world.

To make our tasks more relevant to local children, we collaborated with Sehreeti NGO to train our teachers in developing tasks with a special focus on the local environment. This has helped raise awareness among children and encourage them to take action. For example, in Kutra Block in Odisha, children learned a song about environmental preservation and initiated a clean-up drive to clear plastic wrappers from around shops. Similarly, in Danagadi Block, children conducted a rally to raise awareness about the impact of firecrackers on the environment and the elderly population. In Dhenkanal Block, 400 children organized a plastic disposal awareness rally and encouraged community members to use metal or mud pots instead of plastic water bottles.

We have also introduced tree plantation at our Residential Bridge Course (RBC) centers, where children are given a sense of ownership by taking care of plants and trees on vacant land within the premises of RBCs. This group activity helps unite children, leading to better communication and cooperation.

Through our work, we hope to inspire children to become agents of change in their communities and work towards creating a sustainable future for our planet.

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