School Road Show YPBK Elementary School, Cipinang Besar Utara
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Elementary School students, especially living in flood prone area, need to have more knowledge and understanding on how flood occurs and efforts can be done to prevent it happened. Students are also need to built awareness on the importance of keeping the river clean. Considering on the previous item mentioned, ACF decides to facilitate a visit to waterway, new transportation system developed by Jakarta Provincial Government. Through the visit, the level of knowledge and understanding among the students participated are expected to be increased. This activity was also intended to show the students what happened on the garbage thrown into the river.
nThe visit was held on Saturday, July 21st 2007. Twelve students from YPBK Elementary School, located in RW 02 Cipinang Besar Utara, headed to waterway location accompanied by 2 teacher, and 2 ACF personnel (Martius and volunteer from CBU). On the location, officers are ready. The group step into the speedboat and go along the waterway from Dukuh Atas to Karet back and forth. On the journey, students look excited. Finishing the visit, students were taken into National Monument (Monas) for a discussion and lunch.
From the discussion, students receive information about Flood Canal and its function to prevent flood. They started to understand that the garbage thrown into the river will pile up and obstruct the river flow as it seen along the waterway route. They now know that water transportation in the capital is now being developed.
Based on the information from waterway officer, the visit we conducted was the first visit with the students in uniform, they respond very nicely for that. Teachers were also responding very positively to the new learning method ACF used.
Writer : Martius Marzuki
Editor : Erma Maghfiroh
Translator : Erma Maghfiroh
