2012-2013 GH SL group

This is our new GLOBAL HEALTH group!!! They will be leading some activities related to Global Health issues.

SCHOOL YEAR 2011/2012 During this year we have been working mainly in one idea, How to go from "Local to Global". We have been learning about AIDS, Teen-depresion, Addiction and Drugs. We have been sending messages to our classmates and network's friends using posters, emails and network posters to them. We realized that we have to be prepared non only for our lives but for all those around us (friends, younger siblings, classmates) to give them the right information about those different topics that could have an important influence in their lives. Students in this group this year were: Stefano Cantoni (10) Victoria De Simon Fernandez Sastron (10) Artem Dzhabrailov (10) Josi Garcia Valles (12) Weijun Hu (09) Shoya Kato (11) Max-Rochus Mei (10) George Otaola .P (12) Arthur Pelinson Nordi (09) Alejandro Roemer (11) Diana Sargsyan (10) Elizaveta Sienko (10) Nikol Ustinova (09) I thanks them for all their hard work and time together! Mrs. Olymar Marco Brown

GERMAN RUDAKOV. IB Student. TASIS

Compared to my participation in a play production, my service learning "career" is unimpressive. I have not recieved thunderous appalauses or fame of any kind, and yet I still consider my time in Ms. Brown's group to be one of the most globally important activities I have ever done. The group, "Global Health", focused on promoting good health and fighting various diseases all over the world, but especially in less - developed countries that do not have the ability to provide adequate health care for their people. We raised public awareness against diseases that could be easily prevented - such as AIDS, microbial diarrhea and most of STDs - and then posted this information online so that it is easily availible to people. We discussed what can be done to increase the living conditions in the poorest regions of the world. We urged fellow students to take action and help the people in developing countries to recieve proper healthcare, either by going to South Africa on one of the school humanitary aid summer trips - in particular those provided by other service learning groups, like "Habitat for Humanity" -or by donating money to one of the NGOs that provide help for the sick and malnourished people in the Third World. We also collected money for NGOs in other ways: in total, we raised over 3500 CHF with "no dress code ticket" and bake sales. Most of the projects that we have done were not individual, but a product of the group's collaboration; we tried to act together as much as possible to achieve the best results. There was no definite leader in the group, aside from Ms. brown, but I usually contacted different members and organised their work and meetings.--
german.rudakov@students.tasis.ch

Teen depression

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Preventing the spread of disease...

Better than a Flu Shot!

Miss Beatrice,

The church organist, was in her eighties
and had never been married. She was admired for her
sweetness and kindness to all.
One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint
sitting room. She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea...
As he sat facing her old Hammond organ,the young
minister noticed a cut glass bowl sitting on top of it.
The bowl was filled with water, and in the water floated, of all
things, a condom! When she returned
with tea and scones,they began to chat. The pastor
tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its
strange floater, but soon it got the better of him and he could no longer resist.
"Miss Beatrice," he said, "I wonder if you would tell me about this?"
pointing to the bowl.
"Oh, yes," she replied, "Isn't it wonderful?
I was walking through the park a few months ago and I found
this little package on the ground.
The directions said: to place it on the organ,
keep it wet, and that it would prevent the spread of disease.
Do you know I haven't had the flu all winter?"
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Different ways to cure depression.

In schools many kids face the problem that we call teenage depression.Teenage depression is really dangerous because it can lead to suicide.To stop this instead of teaching the kids that this is something bad we must empathize with them to understand their condition better.

Positive Thinking

Always think positively, you will stay connected to the creative power, and you will stay focused. When you think negatively you bring anger, confusion, anxiety, depression and frustration. If you think that you can win a game, you will have more courage and energy, so you will have more chances of winning. Always think of a half full glass, not half empty.
Remember that you are smarter then you think, that what you do today may not seem significant, but always remember that day by day it will make you life.