Youth "Shanghai" Water People and Marine Youth Volunteers Enter the Love Summer Care Class Water Bureau; He Xiaoqing; Preaching group
What does "one river, one river" in Shanghai refer to? What about the "River Chief System"? How should children protect the water environment in their daily lives? On August 2nd, a course titled "Protecting the Water Environment and Striving to Be a River Youth" brought by young volunteers from the Municipal Water Bureau was held at Mingzhu Primary School in Xincun Street, Weifang, Pudong New Area. This year, more than 300 young people in the water and marine industry have entered the Love Summer Care Class to carry out water and marine knowledge lectures, calling on everyone to actively engage in social practice of caring for the ecological environment and building a better home.
"There are a total of 47446 rivers and lakes in Shanghai, with a total area of 640.93 square kilometers, which is about the size of 15 Pudong airports!" As soon as the young lecturer finished speaking, the children exclaimed in amazement. The relevant staff stated that the content of the course "Protecting the Water Environment and Striving to Be a River Youth" has been refined and upgraded over the years, combining professionalism and fun. The language expression emphasizes being close to life, presenting the most intuitive knowledge of river and lake protection to children.
Expanding the coverage of youth preaching groups
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In June 2018, the Youth League Committee of the Shanghai Water Bureau launched a pilot program for "Love Water and Protect Water" youth volunteer education in some primary schools and caring summer care classes.
In 2019, the first "Protecting Water Environment and Striving to Be a River Youth" Love Summer Care Class Youth Volunteer Lecture Activity was officially launched.
In 2023, the Youth League Municipal Committee, in conjunction with the Municipal Water Bureau, launched the 2023 "Youth Shanghai Water People" Love Summer Care Class Youth Volunteer Lecture Activity, widely mobilizing young people in the water industry, forming a volunteer preaching team of more than 300 people, and visiting 375 love summer care class teaching points in the city to carry out volunteer preaching. The project has won the Silver Award in the 5th China Youth Volunteer Service Project Competition of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Third Prize in the Water Conservation and Water Conservation Volunteer Service and Public Welfare Propaganda Education Special Competition of the Ministry of Water Resources. It has also been selected as a demonstration project for water conservation and water conservation volunteer service by the Ministry of Water Resources in 2021.
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Expanding the New Curriculum "Young Shanghai Water People"
In 2023, the "Youth Shanghai Water People" Youth Volunteer Lecture Team continued the footsteps of summer daycare classes, and the city's water and marine industry organizations actively participated. Based on the continuous implementation of the "Protecting the Water Environment and Striving for River Youth" course for many years, two new public welfare courses, "Cherishing Small Water Drops for a More Beautiful City" and "Love the Blue Ocean to Draw a Beautiful China", were added, further improving the public welfare curriculum system with water environment protection, water conservation, and marine protection as the main content. This year, the "Water and Marine Public Welfare Course" will be offered to more than 10 districts and over 300 caring summer care centers throughout the city, bringing professional and comprehensive water and marine science popularization knowledge to children with fervent public welfare enthusiasm throughout the summer!
Since the launch of the preaching activity on July 5th, volunteers have completed more than 350 preaching sessions, with a total service time of over 520 hours, directly serving more than 12000 primary school students.
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