SLJ Week 2 Day 5: HUMANITARIAN HEROES

Activity 1: Everyday Heroes [4 points]

Every day, the men and women in the Emergency Services provide help and support people in New Zealand and around the world. At times, they have to risk their lives in order to save others.

Common Emergency Services include the Fire Service, the Police Force and the Ambulance Service. Other related services include the Air Ambulance, Search and Rescue, Coast Guard, Surf Lifesaving, and the Civil Defence (amongst others).

In Australia, Fire Services are currently fighting more than 150 wildfires burning in New South Wales, a province on the east coast of the country. The wildfires started in November 2019 and are not expected to stop for many weeks. It is a very challenging time for the men and women serving in the Emergency Services in Australia.

For this activity, please brainstorm at least five ways we could support the people who are affected by the fires in New South Wales, Australia. You could think of ways to raise money, things to send them, and ways to keep them feeling positive.

On your blog, share your brainstorm of ideas and create a video or audio recording of yourself explaining each idea.

Activity 2: Leading by Example [4 points]

Mother Teresa and Princess Diana were both people who wanted to do things to help others. They were very different people, however they both had a significant impact on the world.

Mother Teresa was born in Eastern Europe but decided at a young age that she wanted to be a missionary (a person who gets sent somewhere to share their religious faith and do charity work). She moved to India where she worked hard and cared for those who needed her the most. Her work was recognised by the Catholic Church, which gave her the title of ‘Saint’ Teresa.

Diana, while not officially a saint, was a real-life princess. In her role as a princess, she travelled the world raising awareness about a number of important issues. Through her work, Princess Diana helped the world to see that all people, including those affected by illness and disease, needed love and respect. Princess Diana and Mother Teresa both led by example with acts of kindness towards others.

For this activity, we would like you to follow in their footsteps and perform a random act of kindness.

On your blog, describe your random act of kindness. What did you do? How did the person react? How did it make you feel?

My random act of kindness was picking up an lady purse. I know its like a common thing but its kind. So me , my sister and cousin were going to the beach. And we walked passed a lady. She dropped her purse. Instead of running away with it like a criminal. I handed it to her. She said Thank you. I said your welcome. And that is my act of kindness.

Activity 3: Choose your own

You have now made it to the end of Week 2 and have earned the chance to choose your very own politician or activist who you think has changed the world. There are no right or wrong choices for this activity, so find someone who interests you and tell us about them on your blog. It could be someone from your family, church, community and/or someone famous who you admire.

Here are some starting points in case you get stuck:

Bill English

Xi Jinping

Pania Newton

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Willie Apiata

Jane Fonda

For this activity, choose one person and read all about them.

On your blog, provide us with:

1. The name of the person
2. A description of the work they do/have done
3. An explanation of how they/their work has had an impact on the lives of others

Alexander Fleming

Alexander worked in a shipping company for 4 years. 

After that he trained to become a physician for St Mary's Hospital in London. Alexander Fleming discovered antibiotics. He impacted our lives by making medicines. He also discovered antibiotics that helps us heal.