The teaching kit on water for primary schools proposed by the Maud Fontenoy Foundation has been created in partnership with te mana o te moana, Unicef and the Canadian-based One Drop Foundation. This education package helps to understand “why it is essential to preserve water, freshwater as well as sea water”.
The teaching kit on water was distribute at the beginning of the 2012-2013 schoolyear, in all primary schools in France and French overseas territories, in partnership with the French Ministry of Education.
It includes 10 cards helping to figure out the major stakes for the future, such as: sea level rise due to global climate warming, the lack of water in some countries linked with access to education, river pollution reaching the sea.
These educational objectives are enriched with scientific data and with authentic testimonies collected from kids throughout the world. This teaching kit is full of hope, and focuses on positive inititatives and amazing stories showing how incredible our planet’s resources are.
Schools will be invited to participe in a great national contest organised by the Maud Fontenoy Foundation. The winning projects will be honored on the 8th of June 2013, that is on World Ocean Day 2013. The winning class will spend one day in La Rochelle with Maud aboard the ship “Tahia”, and win a 1000 euros cheque to fund an educational trip.
Schools will be invited to participe in a great national contest organised by the Maud Fontenoy Foundation. The winning projects will be honored on the 8th of June 2013, that is on World Ocean Day 2013. The winning class will spend one day in La Rochelle with Maud aboard the ship “Tahia”, and win a 1000 euros cheque to fund an educational trip.
The teaching Kit is also the starting point for a national initiative: the creation of a “Youth Parliament”. Each class will chose one child to become an “Ambassador” of the Maud Fontenoy Foundation. All these representants will be invited to meet once a year in Paris on the 8th of June. They will work together towards proposals for a better preservation of the oceans. These proposals will be announced publicly and submitted to political leaders in the field of environment and economy. These children will remain “ambassadors” from primary school to high school, if they wish to.
