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Survival
International is a worldwide organisation supporting tribal peoples.
It stands for their right to decide their own future and helps them
protect their lives, lands and human rights. You can look at their
website at www.survival-international.org
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"Year
6 pupils in Shakespeare Junior School in Eastleigh,
Hampshire, have been looking at how people live
in tropical rainforests with the help of a pack
called "We the World", written by Survival International.
To find out what they have been up to, let's hear
from one of the class, James Dumper:" |
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| "This
term we have been learning about the importance of the
rainforest in Brazil and in Congo, Africa. We learned
that a rainforest is home to giant trees, tiny humming
birds, termites, sloths and lots more animals. It is also
home to the Yanomami and Ba-aka tribal people. We read
letters from a Yanomami girl called Guiomar to find out
more about life in the rainforest, and how some other
people like gold miners are threatening their way of life".
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| "The
Yanomami have many ways of using the plants they find
in the forest. They can make a drinking bowl from a hollow
gourd, use a banana leaf as an umbrella, or make a hammock
from cotton bush!" |
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This is Guiomar.
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James
also says, "Last year, we had a sponsored walk for Survival
International. We raised a total of �370.06 � nearly �75
of it was raised by just one boy in Year 5! This year,
my class did an assembly about the animals, trees and
people in the rainforest. Also, we showed our audience
how to make the hand signals that the Ba-aka people use
to hunt animals. I played a mad professor and I used a
map to show where the Yanomami and Ba-aka people live."
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"Let's
hear from some other children in James's class..."
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Kieran
White says,
"We
did the assembly to tell other children what it is like
in the rainforest. I was a spider monkey. I climbed
the trees and sang a song!"
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Charlie
Quinn says,
"We
did the assembly because we wanted to show how important
the rainforest is to us and what people are doing to
it.
I told facts about the poison arrow frog because I think
they are lovely. It is terrible that rainforest destruction
means that they are in danger of becoming extinct".
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| Other
classes in year 6 made some computer pictures and paintings
of leaves, animals and trees. Here are some photos of
them: |
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"Here's
a final comment from James:"
"I
think that the destruction of the rainforest is horrible
and all the hunters and builders should go away. Also,
they should give all the money back to the people of
the rainforest for what they have done!"
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| "If
you and your school have been doing something interesting
about an issue or place in a developing country, encourage
your teacher to write or e mail us at Global Eye. In the
next edition, of Global Eye Primary, it could be your
class featured on the `Action' page! The address is: Global
Eye Editor, Worldaware, 31-35, Kirkby Street, London EC1N
8TE or email: [email protected]" |
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