Ideas for UNICEF Day for Change
UNICEF Day for Change can be celebrated in many ways. For example some schools may have a ‘non-uniform’ day with the theme of ‘Change Clothes for a day and Change Lives forever’. You can decide how your school takes part. All activities will work in the same way; pupils make a donation to UNICEF in exchange for doing something different for the day. Some alternative ideas are listed below.
In 2006, Ferncourt Public School in NSW held some great activities to engage students in development education. The principal of Ferncourt Public School, Ruth Tebbutt, said that by celebrating UNICEF Day For Change, NSW schools are able to make a difference to the lives of children around the world.
See below for photos from the Ferncourt Public School activities and other fundraising ideas:
Students make damper from flour and water. This is the daily meal for some children in other parts of the world. Teachers spoke about the daily routine of a boy in Afghanistan to illustrate the needs of vulnerable children around the world.
Learning addition and subtraction, using rocks and chalk outside in the open. For some students, these are the only classroom items they have available to them.
Students carry water 'home' from the 'well' to learn more about the impact the need for water can have on the lives of children around the world.
Playing the game of 'Bokwele' from the Democratic Republic of Congo, students aim to take scarves from the opposing team while guarding their own goods.
Exploring the Convention on the Rights of the Child - UNICEF's guiding principles, through UNICEF's Cartoons for children's rights.
Some other ideas for celebrating UNICEF Day for Change include:
Day of games from around the world: Pupils research and play games that children play in other parts of the world - a fun way to increase global awareness and understanding.
National Dress Day: Pupils dress in national costumes or fancy dress representing different countries around the world.
International Food Day: Pupils get to make dishes from countries around the world and bring them to school for others to taste (or buy).
Wear fancy dress: Dress up as historical characters, special colours or wear ‘silly head gear’ like hats and wigs.
Hold a school concert
Run a sports day
Hold a UNICEF Day for Change assembly
Hold a school quiz or trivia event
Organise a ‘School Idol’ talent show
Run a ‘Helping Hands’ event where children carry out simple chores and get sponsored for each completed task
If your school is planning something different, please share these ideas with us and help inspire other schools for next year.
Top Photo 1: ©UNICEF/ HQ05-0295/Josh Estey
INDONESIA: A toddler boy currently living
in a camp for some 720 people displaced
by the boxing day tsunami.
All other photos: ©UNICEF Australia
Sydney: Students at Ferncourt public school participate in
activities during UNICEF Day for Change 2006.
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