Engaging Youth Through Service Learning
Based on the principle that knowledge leads to compassion which inspires action, the Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots & Shoots program engages youth of all ages through service learning.
R&S groups create hope in more than 95 countries. They are cleaning up riverbeds, teaching peers about endangered species, volunteering at shelters, organizing events that celebrate different cultures—the list is as varied as their members’ imaginations.
Roots & Shoots has groups in rural, suburban, and inner-city neighborhoods in the U.S. and other countries, in villages in Ecuador and China, and even in refugee camps in Africa.
Nyerere Primary School, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Gardening project.
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