GENKIプログラム2018年10月から1年間の活動目標について
【2018年10月の活動報告】
Approximately 230,000 meals (progress rate: 10%) were distributed by October against Euglena cookie distribution target of 2.3 million meals for this term (October 2018-September 2019).
1. About the activity goal for one year from October 2018 to September 2019
Thank you for your continued support of the Euglena The GENKI program started in April 2014 and has Euglena cookies for the year from April to March of the following year. From October 2018, we have changed the distribution target period of the program from October to September of the following year in accordance with our fiscal year. In this term (October 2018-September 2019), which is the fifth year, we aim to distribute a total of 2.3 million cookies in one year.
This term, we will focus on the food education and hygiene seminars that have been held at schools in Bangladesh, and hold seminars where parents and children can enjoy learning and practicing knowledge. Specifically, local staff have taught children about nutrients and how to wash their hands in a lesson format, but we will change it to a participatory seminar for teachers, parents, and children. For example, we will hold a workshop to learn ingredients related to the three major nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids) in a quiz format, and plan a cooking class where nutrition can be taken in a well-balanced manner by utilizing the acquired knowledge. In addition, students will learn when and how to wash their hands before meals and after the toilet by singing a hand-washing song. In addition, we will create a poster that describes the correct hand-washing method, and aim to encourage children's families to acquire the correct hand-washing habits as well. In addition, we will conduct a fact-finding survey on diet and hygiene at home to measure the improvement effect before and after the seminar. We will verify the correlation between these survey results and the ongoing blood tests. We will report on these activities in this report in the future.
2. Traffic safety campaign at school
What kind of scenery do you think of when you hear about the traffic situation in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh? Dhaka's traffic jams are terrible, with cars, buses, three-wheeled taxis, cars, and rickshaws filling the roads in a chaotic state. Signals and lanes are almost non-functional, reverse driving and speed violations are commonplace, and traffic rules are not followed at all. According to a local newspaper article, an average of about 240 traffic accidents occur throughout Bangladesh each day. However, it is said that most of these accidents have bribed the police and are not treated as accidents, so the exact number of accidents is not known.
Under such circumstances, on July 29, 2018, two buses ran on the road at a tremendous speed in Dhaka and collided with a line of high school students lined up at the bus stop. Two were killed and seven were injured. The driver who caused the accident was unlicensed and the bus had not undergone a formal vehicle inspection. After the accident, junior and senior high school students who were angry at the government's response, such as the Minister of Transport smiling and reporting that it was common, held a demonstration all over Bangladesh the next day to appeal for traffic safety. In addition, junior and senior high school students checked the driver's license of passing drivers and cracked down on violators in order to control traffic that separates cars from rickshaws.
In response to this incident, Islamia Alim Madrasha School is conducting traffic safety classes led by Principal Abu. There are many pedestrian crossings and roads without sidewalks around the school, so in class we teach you to walk as far away from the car as possible, and on roads without pedestrian crossings, do not cross in front of or behind the car. .. In October, children lined up in front of the school and used posters to encourage drivers and pedestrians to comply with traffic rules. Principal Abu said, "For traffic safety, it is essential to improve the awareness and behavior of not only children but also parents and local residents as a whole. We will continue to involve local residents so that children can safely go to school. I will continue. "
Photo-1: Crossing without interruption or pedestrian crossing
Photo-2: The lanes of the car and rickshaw are separated due to the maintenance of junior and senior high school students.
Photo-3: Textbook for learning traffic rules
Photo-4: Activities to appeal for compliance with traffic rules
3. Classes in elementary school where men and women are seated separately
Did you know that many elementary schools in Bangladesh sit and take classes separately for men and women? Even in Japan, I used to sit separately for men and women, as the saying goes, "Men and women are 7 years old and do not share the same seat." This practice is still rooted in Bangladesh. After arriving in the classroom, the children are not instructed by the teacher and the men and women sit separately. In addition, some schools have a system in which men and women do not take classes at the same time, such as dividing classes into boys in the morning and girls in the afternoon. Teachers and parents believe that gender-separated lessons or sitting separately will reduce the amount of private language in class and allow them to concentrate on their studies. Even after school, boys enjoy playing cricket, which is a national sport, and girls enjoy playing separately, such as jumping rope. The traditional division of labor in Bangladesh, where men go to work and women do housework and childcare, also seems to be related to these behaviors.
However, of the 58 schools targeted by the GENKI program, four schools run by an NGO called Aparajeo allow men and women to sit together and take classes. With the consent of my parents, I decided to sit down together. Opinions are actively exchanged between men and women in class. The principal believes that the number of schools like this school will continue to increase. Japan's economic growth rate has been about 1% a year in recent years, but Bangladesh's economic growth rate is growing at a high value of about 7% a year. While the economy continues to grow steadily, foreign cultures are also entering, and in the capital Dhaka, a new way of thinking that men and women take classes together is gradually permeating.
Photo-5: Classes for female students only
Photo-6: Children sitting by gender
Photo-7: Children sitting together
Thank you for your continued support.
Euglena Co., Ltd.
Overseas Business Development Department / Bangladesh Office