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在阿博恩贝学校，二年级学生通过研究社区中的变革者的例子，了解社会行动主义。当学生考虑他人如何产生变化时，他们表达了自己想要做些能让学校、社区甚至世界产生差异的事情的兴趣！

在科学课上，学生们学习了关于水的知识，以及在加拿大我们有幸拥有干净的饮用水。学生们震惊地发现，世界上有些人不得不走很长的路去取水，而这些水通常含有许多有害的污染物。这就是水挑战的发起。

二年级的学生决定在两周内减少摄入含糖饮料的数量，这样本应用于购买这些饮料的钱可以捐给没有可靠的干净水源的国家。学生选择将捐款给海地之友，这是一个支持海地人民在教育、医疗和体育等方面的慈善组织。在这两个星期里，学生努力理解海地人的视角，学习有关这个国家的知识。学生们甚至有机会与海地之友的海地导演进行面对面的视频通话。通过这次采访，可以清楚地看出学生们与这个项目建立了个人的联系。

随着学生们的学习越来越多，项目也越来越大。很快，学生们热衷于与学校的其他班级分享这个信息。他们组织了在其他教室进行宣传的演讲，并为班级视频撰写了自己的剧本。在两周结束时，许多学生选择放弃他们的自由时间，为学生主导的采访期间收集“水挑战”的捐款。在采访结束时，这个班级为海地之友筹集了224美元的捐款，而且捐赠活动仍在继续。

点击此处观看有关“水挑战”项目的视频。

“我很荣幸能参与学生和学校的慷慨行为。我相信学生在课堂中所表现出的全球公民意识是一种无价的财富，他们将终身受益”，Auburn Bay学校的实习教师Kristen Visscher表示。“我要对每个帮助“水挑战”取得成功的人表示衷心的感谢！”

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Grade 2 students at Auburn Bay School learned about social activism by looking at examples of change makers in their own community. As students considered how others have effected change, students expressed interest in doing something themselves that would make a difference in our school, community, and even the world!

In Science, students had been learning about water and how lucky we are in Canada to have access to clean drinking water. Students were shocked to learn how some people in the world must travel long distances to collect water that often contains many harmful contaminants. This is how the Water Challenge began.

The Grade 2 class decided to drink fewer sugary drinks for two weeks, so that the money that would have been spent on these drinks could be donated to countries without a reliable source of clean water. Students chose to make donations to Friends of Haiti, a charitable organization that supports Haitians with education, healthcare and sports, among other things. During the two weeks, students worked diligently to understand the perspective of someone from Haiti by learning about the country. Students even had the opportunity to FaceTime with the Haitian director of Friends of Haiti. After this interview, it was clear that the students had developed a personal connection to the project.

As students learned more, the project grew and grew. Before long, students were passionate to share this message with the rest of the school. They organized presentations in other classrooms to raise awareness, and even wrote their own scripts for a class video. At the end of the two weeks, many students chose to give up their free time to collect donations for the Water Challenge during Student-Led interviews. By the end of the interviews, the class had raised $224 for Friends of Haiti and donations are continuing to be collected today.

Click here to watch a video about the Water Challenge project.

“I feel very fortunate to have been a part of experiencing the generosity of these students and this school. I believe that the sense of global citizenship that students have developed, and that I see expressed in the classroom, is an invaluable asset that these students will carry with them for the rest of their lives,” said Kristen Visscher, student teacher at Auburn Bay Schoo. “I want to express a sincere thank you to everyone that helped make the Water Challenge a success!”