How and why Canadian kids raised funds to support 18 projects in India, helping out more than 3,000 kids – including clothing, school supplies and health care support for three boarding schools for girls and one for boys, one orphanage, and food, shelter and education for street kids.
Materials
Program Two: India
Holy Childhood Prayer Card*
Teachers Guides for Primary (Grades 1-3), Junior (Grades 4-6) and Intermediate (Grades 7-9)*
The goal of Program Two is to introduce students to the ongoing situation of poverty for many people in India and how the Church is involved, thanks in part to the support of young Canadians through the Holy Childhood Association.
Steps
1. Show the internet TV DVD Program Two: India
2. Ask students to form small groups to describe the following:
Name five facts about India and its people.
How do Canadians help through the Holy Childhood Society?
Why does the Church help people who are poor?
Give three reasons why Canadian Catholics should support the
work of the Church in India.
3. Option for Take-Home Assignment
1. Via the Internet find more facts about:
Poverty in India and what it is like to be poor there.
What happens when young people get a better education than their parents can afford.
Find out how Canadian Catholics support the work of the Church in India.
Describe how students can help Holy Childhood Association and the Church’s work in India.
Imagine a classroom project that would help the work of India’s Catholic Church
2. In groups, make presentations to the class about any or all of the above.
