Hey there, Tonight I'm gonna tell you what I did this
afternoon.
As one member of KOPHI (Indonesia Green Youth Coalition), I
absolutely join in the activities of KOPHI. One of the activities in this
afternoon was KOPHI PANAS or KOPHI Peduli Anak dengan Edukasi dan Sanitasi
(KOPHI Care Children with Education and Sanitation).
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| KOPHI ft. Cahaya Anak Negeri |
The third KOPHI PANAS was held in cooperation with the Cahaya
Anak Negeri of Bekasi. Location of Sanggar Anak Matahari is located near Bekasi
Station. Distance from station to Sanggar Anak Bekasi is approximately 900 meters.
The studio is a place where children live in near Bekasi
Station to learn (either school or religious subjects such reciting Al-Qur'an)
and a library for children living around.
Most of the books were donated to studio. I was amazed. The
library has many books which are kept neatly and orderly. The books are
arranged according to the theme, such as textbooks for elementary, junior high,
senior high, and also religion, sports, and etcetera. There are also story books
in the library.
Children who come to studio were children living in the
marginal area around Bekasi Station. When we come and provide education,
children were so orderly and willing to receive us all with a friendly and not
awkward to us and hospitality.
In this activity, we taught the children about the
importance of education as regular nail trimming, washing hands, brushing
teeth, and the importance of not littering indiscriminately. The children were
so focused with the material given.
After we taught them, it was time to practice the material
given. I’m so surprised when my friend asked me to be mentor to one of the
groups. To be honest I was shocked. Because, I was just my division photographer
(Development and Researching Division). It made me a little nervous. Because,
to be honest I do not like small children (Though, somehow the children always
liked me and liked to be around me).
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| My friend trimmed the child's nail |
I was got acquainted with them one by one. Afterwards, our
groups practiced what they had learned. The first practice which was requiring
a mentor was cutting the nails. Because children in my group couldn’t do it, so
I helped them to trim their nails. The one whom I trim had dirty and length
nails. So, his nails was not just be trimmed, but I also had to clean the nails
in order to cleaning from germs.
For further practice, they do it themselves. We as their mentors
only helped them to line up neatly, reminding them to wash their hands, and
movement of correct brushing.
The last activity was a story-telling performed by my
friend. The story told about a prince and princess. The prince loved the
princess. But, when he saw the princess was littering in the river, the prince
became shocked and no longer liked the princess. Moreover, the princess was
cursed by a fairy godmother to be the sucker mouth catfish or common pleco because the princess often threw
garbage in the river. Okay. I knew it was a strange story but somehow it was entertaining
anyway. I think it was my expressive friend.
In the end of the activity, we took some pictures together
with children and Cahaya Anak Negeri members. The event went well. The children
were so excited and orderly.
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| Here our pictures.. :) |
We all felt tired. But fatigue was superseded with the event runs smoothly and successfully. Thanks to Cahaya Anak Negeri members who had helped us. Hopefully the next KOPHI PANAS can also run well.
Do not forget to trimming the nail routine, washing hands,
and brushing teeth. Addition, do not litter oke??!!
