SLAVA UKRAINI! Laanila stands with Ukraine! 🇺🇦🙏

NO WAR - PRAY FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE!

TRANSLATION OF THE ARTICLE IN KALEVA by Tiina Fredriksson:

We stand by you, Ukraine - Laanila High School students in Oulu showed their wholehearted support. Laanila High School wore blue-yellow encouragement signs on Thursday, a month after the start of the war in Ukraine.

Taina Virolainen

3/25/2022 11:12 AM

A blue-yellow call for encouragement for Ukraine was heard at Laanila High School on Thursday.

Photos: TiinaF

Laanila High School wore blue-yellow incentive signs on Thursday, a month after the start of the war in Ukraine.

The school heard how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, in a video speech on Thursday, called on people around the world to take to the streets to protest against the Russian attack.

Zelenskyi asked people to leave their homes, offices, schools and universities in the name of peace to show support for Ukraine; freedom and life, bearing symbols depicting Ukraine.

Tiina Fredriksson, a teacher at Laanila High School, says that the school's Green Flag Unesco Club gave rise to an ex tempore idea of ​​action. There was a desire to respond to Zelensky's appeal.

The signs hoping for peace have been hung on the school wall at Laanila High School. Photo: TiinaF

A meeting had already been arranged with the high school students involved in the club, during which posters were made to support Ukraine.

- The students announced at the school whether other volunteers wanted to come along as well.

Fredriksson notes that students between the ages of 16 and 18 have been anxious and sad about the war. Many would like to help somehow.

Laanila High School has already organized a collection for Ukraine, which sent medicines and camping equipment, among other things, to the people of Ukraine.

On Thursday, the making of incentive signs culminated in the school yard, where high school students cheered Slava Ukraini! - Glory to Ukraine!

Glory to Ukraine! The call for encouragement is hoped to carry and entice others to act as well.

Video: TiinaF

- The team spirit was intoxicating. Everyone clapped their hands and hearts were sent. We were trying to do something that made us feel easier for a moment, Fredriksson explained.

She hopes the example of Laanila students would inspire others to act likewise.

- We also hope that Finland will be filled with pictures and messages that support Ukraine. Perhaps at least some of them will reach ordinary Russian citizens who are innocent and ignorant of the senseless war Putin started.

EMERGENCY COLLECTION TO UKRAINE

"We wanted to help the Ukrainians because their distress is overwhelming. I can imagine what it would be like to be in that situation and how even a little help would feel great. My whole family felt good about being able to help the Ukrainians." 🙃 -Alicia P.-

A warm thank you to everyone who participated in the Emergency Collection for Ukraine! The donations from the students and their families and the desire to help was heart-warming and touching. Some had collected donations over long distances and some had bought supplies and food directly from the store to export to Ukraine. The packages were clean, appropriate and packed with a big heart.

We got a lot of e.g. first aid supplies, disinfectants, painkillers, flashlights, batteries and dry/canned food that is needed on the battlefields right now.

Lots of chocolate, nuts and a few teddy bears went on a trip to the Ukrainian border, too. Hopefully they will comfort the Ukrainian children in the midst of the horrors of the war. 🙏🇺🇦

Laanila's Unesco-Green Flag-Erasmus + group

Towards a Carbon-free Laanila High School

Where does hope come from? How can existing climate education and everyday practices be better highlighted? How could the Repair Guide turn the climate crisis into tangible solutions?

👉Among these issues, among other things, these issues were discussed today at Laanila's workshop, under the theme high school curriculum in the Correctional Guide (ie the inclusion of competence marks in the Correctional Guide in the teaching of different subjects and in the high school curriculum of everyday life). 😊 In addition, a carbon-neutral high school was envisioned on the basis of the school community's Visio competence label.

💚In the midst of a stressful world situation, it was a pleasure to see the high school crowd and share your thoughts! We were able to hear suggestions for improvements to the competence signs, to circulate the practical issues of the school's climate work, and to place competence tasks in high school courses. This work is still ongoing and all comments are gratefully received!

☀️It was great to be together planning a more sustainable future with students, teachers, principals and project staff.

Thank you for sharing common concerns and solutions.

Hope is born by doing it together. 🤗

Climate Educator Paula Ratava

Kuvat Tiina Fredriksson