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Smriti wrote a new post, Habitat for Humanity: Thailand build trip 2018, on the site Taking Action 3 weeks, 3 days ago
From Sep 27 to Oct 1, over 26 HFH CDNIS volunteers went to help build a home for a couple living in Rayong, Thailand. We were able to gain an experience where the gruelling work that goes into our comfortable […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, Gr. 5s animated video about microbeads!, on the site Taking Action 5 months, 1 week ago
Check out this fantastically animated video about microbeads by two students from Gr. 5, Maya and Laurel!
It even comes complete with a short & simple experiment for anyone to see if they have products containing […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, A musical treat for the elderly at St. Mary’s by LS Strings Ensemble, on the site Taking Action 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Amelia from the LS Strings Ensemble shares their experience performing for the elderly at the St. Mary’s elderly home:
“On November 15, the LS Strings Ensemble lugged our instruments down the hill Of Nam Long […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, Tippy-Taps and container gardens – a Lower School family support Filipino communities, on the site Taking Action 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Read about a family with boys in Gr. 3 and Gr. 1 that helped communities in the Philippines become stronger:
Josh and Adam really valued their trip to the Philippines. They visited ultra-poor communities […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, Hearts guiding hands: Gavel x GIN winners share their experiences, on the site Taking Action 6 months, 1 week ago
Jesse (GIN club: RESPECT):
The plight of refugees and education for all are the two issues that matter to me most. Reading the news about the migrant crisis in Europe a few years ago made me sympathise with the […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, WWF highlights Audrey for Pink Dolphin support!, on the site Taking Action 6 months, 1 week ago
Audrey was recently highlighted in the WWF magazine published in Hong Kong as their ‘Supporter in Focus’ given her efforts to raise awareness and the scientific information about the Chinese White Dolphin, […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, Gr. 5 student action: Bracelets, gender discrimination & the Women’s Foundation, on the site Taking Action 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Here is the story of Teri, a student from Gr. 5, talking about her recent multi-activity simulation & fundraising action in support of The Women’s Foundation:
I was interested in Women’s Rights growing up and I k […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, CDNIS families supporting HK’s homeless with ImpactHK, on the site Taking Action 7 months, 3 weeks ago
A group of students and parents walked with Impact HK on Sunday evening.
The group met at the Guestroom near Sham Shui Po, and loaded up with bedding, oranges and bottles of water which were labelled to let the […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, E-club’s Shek O beach cleanup and zero-waste veggie potluck lunch!, on the site Taking Action 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Sunshine, a sea breeze and the smell of rotting meat with maggots?! What a way to start our Sunday! Members of the e-club, friends and family joined on Sunday, the 25th of March to spend their morning cleaning a […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, The Power of Words – public speaking meets global issues!, on the site Taking Action 8 months, 3 weeks ago
A huge success to the public speakers of our community! On January 10th and 11th of 2018, the Young Masters Gavel Club and the GIN Clubs came together for the second annual Gavel x GIN Speech Competition, yielding […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, Amnesty International @ CDNIS, on the site Taking Action 9 months, 1 week ago
“The Vow of Silence was a simple yet effective activity that met the goals of the event: to advocate for those whose voices are heard or are unable to voice their opinions. By simulating this experience for the […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, Cooking For a Cause – supporting refugees in Chung King Mansions, on the site Taking Action 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Cooking For A Cause (CFC) was started 5 years ago by a small group of passionate CDNIS students towards the refugee issue in Hong Kong. Since then, the club has grown to 50+ dedicated members who bring positive […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, Phillip, refugees & the New York Times essay competition: many ways to take action!, on the site Taking Action 9 months, 2 weeks ago
A multi-pronged action project spurred by interaction with refugees during the summer of 2016, led Phillip to take more hands-on and creative approaches. Read about his experiences:
“The refugee crisis is s […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, UNICEF Food Drive for Feeding HK, on the site Taking Action 9 months, 2 weeks ago
UNICEF hosted two rounds of a food drive from October 30th-November 3rd and November 27th-December 1st 2017 for the NGO Feeding Hong Kong. Feeding Hong Kong is responsible for bringing surplus food to crisis sh […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, Small Plastic, Big Problem – Ellie @ the Ocean Summit 2018, on the site Taking Action 9 months, 2 weeks ago
“ACT YOUR WAY TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING!” – Ellie Cottrell
Ellie Cottrell, a Grade 12 student, taking Geography HL was one of the keynote speakers at the Volvo World Ocean Race’s “Ocean Summit” on 22nd January […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, UNICEF Winter clothes drive, on the site Taking Action 9 months, 2 weeks ago
UNICEF’s recent clothing drive, held 15-19 January 2018, was organised with the aim of helping local NGO Christian Action to support refugees in need of winter clothing. Although spring approaches, there are sti […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, AYP: action within CDNIS & beyond!, on the site Taking Action 10 months ago
The Award for Young People (formerly known as Duke of Edinburgh) is a program spearheaded by Mr. Hamilton years ago and has since developed into a comprehensive experience that is topped-off with a multi-day […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, How Education is a Right; and what a CDNIS teacher has done about it, on the site Taking Action 10 months, 2 weeks ago
A Lower School Teacher, Rebecca Tupling truly believes that education should be accessible to everyone and has created two projects (one in Ontario, Canada and the other in Mwanza, Tanzania) to help promote […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, Refugees advocacy through a spelling bee?!, on the site Taking Action 11 months, 1 week ago
On Thursday November 16, RESPECT successfully organised our school’s first spelling bee in recent memory! Contestants from grades 9-12 put their spelling acumen to the test as they competed for the chance to win t […]
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Smriti wrote a new post, “beGIN 2017” – GIN852 World Issues Conference, on the site Taking Action 11 months, 2 weeks ago
As is annual tradition, CDNIS sent delegates to the GIN852 Conference held at Discover College. This year’s theme was “beGIN” and to act on this, students were divided into five GANGs to collaborate and create sol […]
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