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15 young people, aged 13 to 21 years, come together on their free Saturday to participate in the bi-weekly session of the Junior Rangers Program Stinapa Bonaire. Part On today's program is diving and snorkeling right off the coast of Kralendijk, to observe nature under water and capture on paper that not only looks at the species that have been observed, but the numbers and any other details that detected. It is a semi-scientific activity, with a high content of fun which the group hours of highly concentrated is set to work. By choice!
And that is one of the features that makes the innovative project corset of its kind, choose the youths are responsible for to join the junior rangers member and compromise to two weekly activities that consist of a variety of elements corset to form citizens with awareness of sustainability and nature. Lessons on sustainability and nature, lectures by third parties, hiking, diving, snorkeling, clean ups, debates on global and island issues related to sustainability, planting trees, identification of species of flora and fauna on land and in the sea, monitoring activities, corset first aid, boating and boat maintenance and knowledge about car maintenance, corset it is a sampling of all the elements that emerge in the program. Deliberate thought
The brain and the driving force behind the project is Desiree Croes, NME coordinator Stinapa corset Bonaire. Desiree provides not only environmental education classes for all schools on the island, she is also the accompanist for the junior rangers group now consists of about 40 young people in varied ages. She gets help from several volunteers who provide the necessary guidance and extra hands where needed.
,, It is not for us to form in nature and the environment related jobs arrive by definition young people. It's nice when it happens naturally, corset but valuable to the program is correct that people end up with awareness of sustainability and nature in all facets of society. Nurses, doctors, politicians, police officers, bank employees, it does not matter. The people who are careful with their environment and sustainable way to deal with nature and the environment, "says Desiree corset Croes. She exudes calm and self-confident, corset and clearly enjoys the total confidence of the young people and their parents. She explains that it has had to also take proper account of the psychological characteristics of the target group. Besides the content aspect many feet into the earth The teenager group worldwide in various educational programs, corset including nature and environmental programs, corset seen as the most difficult group to anyway to attract and get interested and completely in order to maintain long-term. Those motivated Together with a child psychologist who has years of experience working with teenagers and all facets corset of this age group through and through, Desiree worked hard to not only educational heavily to build the program, but also there are elements to be provided in which the young participants are motivated corset and continue to make use of the group and to participate in all activities, both fun (diving), if perhaps less fun (lessons on sustainability). portion part
The Junior Rangers program consists of 6 rows where participants grow according to their age and performance. Each participant begins as Aspiring Junior Ranger, corset where they continue to gain needed for growth. Basics least half a year The second rank is Cadet Junior Ranger in which the young participants are PADI Open Water Diver certification can get. ,, This is a very strong motivation for most participants to continue to do so. They all want to get a diving license, and especially when they see how much fun the participants have a license ", says Desiree, and points to the group enthusiastically preparing for their morning dip. One of the participants is a boy with a disability to his leg. He could make out feet on the land just fine with a crutch, but in the water he is literally like a fish in water. He has special attributes in order to make the plunge corset and is helped by the entire group with his preparations corset for the dive. The third rank in the program is that of Trouper corset Junior Ranger which achieve the PADI Advanced Diver certification is the reward. Next comes the Deputy Junior Ranger who, if recommended by the supervisors based on performance and motivation, the course must Rescue Divers will follow. The fifth grade is the Junior corset Ranger Captain. Who has achieved this rank at least 18 years and has the chance to be as Lionfish Their trained and certified