Animal Protection Educational program for schools
Educating our children is, undoubtedly, the best tool to change the future of a society. It is essential to have knowledge to be able to take a decision about any matter. If we are not conscious of a problem, we will not be able to change it.
For thousands of years animals have served us with company, food and labor. We have used them for our needs. The consequences for many species have been fatal, many have been extinguished forever, and many of them live like our slaves or are abandoned in conditions you would not wish for any living creature.
With our educational program we want to create a new generation of human beings, who are conscious of and feel responsible for all creatures. It is important to convey the message that to respect animals means to be a good person who respects life.
The Project:
In Spain there are already many associations that visit schools with their educational programs. But until now, animal protection has not been part of education in schools, so only a small number of children have received this information.
At present, Planeta Animal is working on an educational package, for teachers in all Spanish schools. Our visits to the schools have demonstrated to us that children, by nature, have a lot of interest in animals and are very receptive to learning how to care for them better.The children also benefit from this education, by learning to be responsible people, assuming an important daily task and even understanding that they will have to wait for that much wished for puppy, until they are able to care for it well.
The educational package could be introduced into classes through courses for teachers in all the provinces of Spain.
To achieve this goal and create the infrastructure will take a huge amount of organization and expense and we will need economic aid for this.
