As part of the organization’s mission to promote awareness about environmental issues and at the same time promote the protection of the planet and its natural resources, ReCrearte coordinator Lucia Marte facilitated a creative recycling workshop with 35 students from the Escuela La Gina in Santo Domingo.
During the workshop, which took place in the morning hours of Thursday, May 18, Marte guided students through educational games with recycled teaching materials in disuse. Among the subjects the students learned about were how to identity colors, shapes, senses and numbers, and how to put together puzzles, play musical instruments and use theatre puppets.
33 boys and girls, between the ages of 5 and 6, and two teenaged students, aged 15, participated in the activities. In addition to educational games, Marte led the group in conversations about the three R’s for the proper management of solid waste: reduce, reuse and recycle. The students were accompanied by two teachers from their school.
These activities were done in collaboration with the ECOESCUELA project of the Dominican Republic Institute for Environmental Law (IDARD, for its acronym in Spanish). The ECOESCUELA project organizes educational programs where community members can gather to practice environmentalism and work together to support recycling efforts in their neighborhoods and local schools.
About ReCrearte
The ReCrearte program works with the most disadvantaged communities, who receive training in the art of recycling and creating new objects from waste and simultaneously learn to develop an alternative source of income. The program revolves around the “three golden rules” (or 3Rs) for the proper management of solid waste: reduce, reuse, and recycle. The workshops demonstrate and emphasize the idea that recycling waste and transforming it into art and objects for daily use strengthen individuals and communities alike.
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