Operating an SDG school club as an after-school or during school-hours initiative, should be a stimulating and hopeful enterprise. On this Ideas Sheet, you will find healthy and creative activities designed to promote literacy and help children grasp principles and reasons behind sustainable practices. We recommend activities and encourage you to explore online resources to think up your own ideas. Remember that all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals advance the causes of social justice, economic justice and environmental justice.
Sustainable practices prosper all people without harming the planet we all call home.
The Ideas Sheet includes discussion questions which you may like to help generate great discussions around books on the African Chapter reading lists.
We are in the Decade of Action: work towards achieving the goals by 2030 is a global and collective effort. This is why SDG 17 calls for partnership for the goals and why that goal is so important. SDG 17 is the reason why the global SDG Book Club was created and why the global SDG Book Club has chapters springing up all over the world.
The African Chapter is the latest chapter; spans the entire continent of Africa and is - in size - second only to the global SDG Book Club. No-one, particularly children, the builders of our future, must be left out of the global effort to make the world a better place.
The authors and illustrators of the SDG Book Club Africa would love to read to the children and take questions in person or virtually (Zoom, other VoIP platforms).
Contact the organizers at: unsdgbookclubafricanchapter@gmail.com
Quizzes, Word Searches and other word based games based on ideas related to the SDG in question.
Brainstorm ideas related to the SDG in question and create posters to develop awareness. At the end of the exercise when all SDGs have been covered, host an exhibition of the posters involving child led debates.
Create posters with photographs or drawings and interesting facts about favourite characters in the book.
Get the children into groups and ask the children to make up their own stories based on the themes of the book or the themes of the SDG in question.
Design scavenger hunts and help the children search for things mentioned in the book.
Outdoor and indoor treasure hunts based on themes and ideas from the book.
Older children may wish to write to their Local Government Chairman to request a meeting. During the staff led school meeting, they could discuss what they have learned from their reading and activities with the Local Government Chairman [or representative] about the SDG in question and ask what steps the LGA is taking towards the SDG.
UN Namibia, our founding technical partner, has produced a great SDG game for children in collaboration with Afroprintline.
Kayim's Quest for Good Fortune
Author: Ama Worla
Illustrator: Cycil Abban Jones
Leg Power - Victor Wanyama
Author: Jimmy Asudi
Illustrator: Abel Murumba
Monkey Business [A Play]
Author: Chukwuemeka Iroegbu Chukwudi
Village Boy
Author: Anietie Usen
Illustrator: Mike Asukwo
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