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The Dnieper riverin the hands ofyoung peopleTEAM:SCHOOL:COUNTRY:COACH:TEAM MEMBERS:The youth parliament of the Dnieper riverKyiv Peace School 211UkraineMariia GusakUsanova Angelina, Kondratiuk Yulia, Utvenko Diana, Murashko Valeria, GoltsevaValeria, Tabaniuk Yulia, Gilub Daria, Tatiana Luniak, Maria Servetnik, KotelnikovValentin, Vladislav MelnichukROLES, TYPE OF DECISION-MAKING AND LEADERSHIP▪▪My role as a teacher-coordinator is to organize the children into the team, to help themto realize their ideas and dreams and to encourage to embody them.▪▪So for me it`s the honour and pleasure to be even rather coordinator and assistant forthem. I try to do everything possible, especially because kids are loaded with lessonsand have not so much time as I would like.▪▪Making decisions we used the method of brainstorming, voting, discussion and debating.▪▪The children were inspired by the idea of participating on the international level, sothey played the key role: they generated the ideas and fulfilled them.PROJECT DESCRIPTIONTOPICWe quickly chose our main theme of the project - “The Dnieper River”, because it is a topicclose for each of us. And then by brainstorming and voting the methods and activities thatwill help us in achieving it were selected.The goal of our project work, mainly is the improvement of the environment of the Dnieperriver, through increased responsibility, environmental awareness and consciousness ofcitizens, especially of young people, motivating them to take actions.In our project we want to pay special attention to the ecology of the Dnieper river.Certainly we are not able to solve all existing problems with our own strength but we willtry to pay tribute and contribute with the help of active citizenship and the development ofecological consciousness among our people and especially among the young people.MAIN ACTIVITIESUACreation of the environmental club, producing posters, invitations, creation of leaflets andspreading them, presentations, speeches, publishing magazines, researches concerningour theme, writing articles to media, creative workshops(how to reuse things and materials),exhibitions of children’s works, charity fairs, correspondence with other schools andorganizations, excursions, eco education – lectures, films, consultations with specialistsand workshops, paper collecting, meetings and conferences with teachers and childrenfrom other Ukrainian and foreign schools and other interesting people, creation of internationalchildren ecological community, changing experience, outdoor work, clean-upcampaign, tree planting excursions, final celebrating.64 Schools Taking Action For Europe’s Environment