Have you ever wondered how you can make a difference in the world? The needs are great but your chances to help are even greater!

Together in your role as missionaries, you will learn about Save a Family Plan, share your knowledge and raise money. Your ultimate goal is to make life better for at least one family in India.

As Catholics, our greatest calling is to serve one another particularly those that are marginalized and most vulnerable. That is what young people do... they test the limits, test the boundaries and create new frontiers. They trust their own hearts and have confidence in their families, their communities and their God. Something like the disciples...who were young, too!

As a team of missionaries you will need to research India and Save a Family Plan. You will incorporate this research into a presentation. Your presentation will create awareness and assist classes and or other schools in developing fundraising ideas to support Save a Family Plan.

You will be required to plan a trip for your team members to visit India to see first hand what a difference you and your group can make.

1. Research - Your group will prepare a brochure that informs potential supporters about India and Save a Family Plan (Part A). In addition to this, each group member will be responsible for a personal reflection (Part B).

   Part A - The Brochure

Your brochure needs to include the following information about India;

• a world map with the location of India clearly marked
• poverty rate
• Gross Domestic Prodcut (GDP)
• Percentage of Labour force working in each of the three industries
• the unemployment rate

Your brochure also needs to include information on Save a Family Plan

• What is their mission?
• Summarize the family and community development programs.

Part B - Individual Personal Reflection (separate from Brochure)

• Explain the structure of government in India
• Based on your findings, what do you think is the cause of such extreme poverty in India?
• What links do you see between our faith teachings (scripture) and the mission of Save a Family Plan? Consider the following passages and reflect on at least one. Matthew 25:31-36, Matthew 15:32-39, Luke 9:10-27, John 13:1-20, Romans 12:1-8, Romans 12: 9-21, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15, Galatians 6:1-10, 1 John 3:11-24, Luke 10:25-37.
  
  
  
  Resources

http://cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

http://www.neoncarrot.co.uk/h_aboutindia/india_statistics_1.html#poverty

http://devdata.worldbank.org/AAG/ind_aag.pdf

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2. Promotions

Now that you have learned about India and Save a Family Plan, it is time for you to put your faith into action. In this task you will come up with a way to raise funds, give a presentation and collect funds. For this task, there will be specific roles for your group members.

 

Role Cards

Public Relations Your job is to promote your cause through the media. Create posters, schedule presentations, introduce the other presenters. In addition, if outside media (newspapers, television etc.) are involved, you are the spokesperson for the group. Finally, you are in charge of any write ups that go out to the public.	Fundraising Your job is to come up with a monetary target for your fundraising efforts. In addition to that you need to devise a written proposal of your campaign and submit that in writing to your teacher. Finally, you need to develop a way to keep track of the money raised and be prepared to hand in a written summary of funds raised.
India Expert Your role is to become the team expert on India. You will speak to the audience about India using a multimedia presentation. Be sure to include some of the important information from your research. Your goal is to inform people of the needs of the people in India and to inspire them to contribute to your cause.	Save a Family Plan Expert Your role is to become the team expert on Save a Family Plan. You will speak to the audience about Save a Family plan using a multimedia presentation. Be sure to include some of the important information from your research. Your goal is to inform people about Save a Family Plan and to inspire them to contribute to your cause.

Part A

You will create a multimedia presentation for a specific audience of your choice (see your teacher for details). Your goal is to create interest for the project.

In your presentation the following must be covered

• Your research findings on India
• Information on Save a Family Plan
• Fundraising efforts (how you plan to raise money)

Part B

Your group will be responsible for raising awareness for Save a Family Plan in your own school and/or community. You can do this in a variety of ways such as making announcements and creating posters in the school etc. Your goal is to raise awareness as well as funds for Save a Family Plan. Your teacher will assist you with the collection of funds.

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3. Time to Travel

Your group will plan and price out a trip to India. Include the following;

• air fare cost
• cost of accommodations in a major city for 3 nights
• Include the total cost in both Canadian currency (Canadian dollars) and Indian currency (Indian Rupee).
• Itinerary – a schedule of what you will do while you are in India

Role Cards

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1. Bible
   
2. Texts - Geography, Religion, Family Life.
   
3. http://cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
   http://www.neoncarrot.co.uk/h_aboutindia/india_statistics_1.html#poverty
   http://devdata.worldbank.org/AAG/ind_aag.pdf (printable version)
   www.google.ca/dictionary



4. Task #1 worksheet
   
5. Task #2 worksheet
   
6. Task #3 worksheet
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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KWL chart

Learning skills rubric

Cross-curricular rubric

What have you learned?

Did anything in this task trouble you?

What might you do differently given the opportunity to do a similar task again?

How has this project changed you as a person of faith?

What can you do now? Find out how else you can live your faith.


• Go to your local parish and ask if there are opportunites for you to volunteer your time.
• Visit a seniors home and volunteer your services. Join your local youth group.
• Start a charitable fundraiser at your school.
• Encourage other schools and communities to support Save a Family Plan.
• Be a leader and encourage others to live their faith - it is contagious be careful you may start an epidemic.

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