Pakistan’s COASTAL WONDERLAND
“Discover, Learn, and Create: Nurturing Young Minds through the Marvels of Karachi’s Mangroves – Connecting Nature, Knowledge, and Creativity for a Sustainable Tomorrow!”
A Mangrove Awareness Project in Salehabad, Karachi
An environmental awareness project was conducted in Salehabad, Karachi, Pakistan, to educate children about the importance of mangroves. The project involved art workshops, storytelling sessions, and the creation of an art installation. The goal was to raise awareness, impart environmental education, engage the community, and create a lasting impression on the children. The project’s learnings were documented and published to serve as a platform for developing pedagogies that can help adults inculcate a sense of responsiveness in kids.
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Projects
The following collection of projects actively involved the children of Salehabad through art workshops, storytelling sessions, and hands-on engagement in the creation of an art installation.
Role-Play
Description
Students were required to be different species that inhabit the mangroves, and ideas of codependencies were explained. This idea of role play helped students bring to life the various species that inhabit the mangrove forest, and helped develop bonds with each other and made them comprehend how every species contributes to the larger ecosystem and if one species becomes extinct a disbalance in the ecosystem occurs.
Interactive book reading and narrative building
Description
This activity was accompanied by a dramatic poem recitation which was followed by interaction through a question and answer session. Another interactive session which made the students rattle their brains with respect to co-ecologies was a riddle session.
DIY tools as interfaces between human and non-human world
Description
Method 1
Map making and drawing based on questions about Salehabad
Method 2
Painting the bird feeders
Method 3
Creating wind chimes from recyclable cans
Method 4
Using wires to create animal wire sculpture
Method 5
The installation itself
Pedagogy 04: Giving Identities to non-human elements
Description
This idea was used for the first activity where each kid was asked to name the plant and talk to the plant. This short activity also served as an ice breaker and enabled the students to settle in the new context which was next to the mangroves and away from the school.
Behind The Scene of This Project
The following collection of pictures is a raw footage of what behind this entire project !
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