By Dare Akogun
The Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative on October 25, 2023 launched its climate flashcard as a tool to aiding climate education.
The launch, which happened at the workshop event of its climate education program in partnership with Tolulope Theresa Gbenro, a grantee of the Nigeria Youth Future Fund by Leap Africa.
The workshop which was held at dHub, in Tanke area, Ilorin, taught teachers from across twenty-four secondary schools in Kwara State and was attended to by representatives from the Kwara State Ministry of Environment.
Tolulope, during her welcome remarks emphasized the importance of tools like the flashcards and the importance of juvenile climate awareness.
“We are setting out to teach teachers how to teach their students about climate change,” said Latifat Odunuga, a PhD student of Community Psychology at Fielding Graduate University, California U.S.A, while giving her session on how teachers can break down concepts on climate change for their students.
Mr. Olasupo Abideen, the global director of BBYDI while launching the climate flashcards and ironing out the program framework for the project said the organizers would follow up with teachers over the next few months to guage success, collect reports, and share further opportunities.
Teachers also received their copies of the climate champion flashcards and shared ideas on how to adapt the project to the specific needs of their institutions.
“The end goal of this,” Abideen says, “is to ensure young children in the state are more aware of climate issues and low barrier mitigations they can act on.”
Attendees also asked questions around climate solutions and other challenges concerning waste disposal. Representatives from the state ministry of education were able to give response concerning the intricacies of waste disposal in the state and recommend implementation plans for the teachers.
“We need to collectively take action to improve the climate trajectory,” Mr Umar Yusuf, a representative of the Kwara State Ministry of Environment said.
