Children of the Peak Project

Grade 3 ISU

The Children of the Peak

The children sing to us as a welcome.

Children of the Peak Sanctuary

A project designed to help alleviate the suffering and neglect of the most vulnerable and marginalized children in an Ulaanbaatar neighborhood whose residents make a living and feed and clothe their families with items scavenged from the rubbish dump.

At the time this book was made, 120+ of the most disadvantaged children who live in this community of approximately 250 families are being fed, cared for and educated five days a week at the Sanctuary.

The Veloo Foundation - www.veloofoundation.com

The rubbish dump and the ger district in the north of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.

Central Idea and Lines of Inquiry

Access to equal opportunities depends on different factors.

* what is considered fair
* the opportunities that people have access to
* the factors that help or hinder access to equal opportunities

Key Concepts

Related Concepts

causation, perspective and responsibility

fairness, equality, prejudice and compassion

As an PYP school we have six broad themes. This theme was Sharing the Planet.

An inquiry into the rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.

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FIELD TRIP TO VISIT THE CHILDREN IF THE PEAK SANCTUARY

Why?

Grade 3 students at the International school of Ulaanbaatar had been finding out about the rights of the child through research and inquiry. It was time to see how their learning related to a local community and a project that helps relieve the extreme poverty of the families of that community.

How?

Much talk between teachers and in class revolved around the how this visit could be handled sensitively and respect the rights and needs of all the people involved.

What were our expectations as we got near the sanctuary?
"I thought that the children were in day care." - Saraa
"I thought that they lived in poverty." - Khuslen