Project AWARE – Aquatic World Awareness, Responsibility and Education

Posted on October 18, 2011 by hscomp11

Activity name: Project AWARE – Aquatic World Awareness, Responsibility and Education

Activity duration: 5hrs of self study and 4hrs of class time.

Date of offer: Courses take place from 16h to 20h – dates to be confirmed.

Outline of activity with a description: This course covers information about aquatic ecosystem degradation alongwith conservation measures to protect aquatic resources.

A. The purpose of the Project AWARE Specialty is to familiarize divers and nondivers with the plight of worldwide aquatic ecosystems and to describe what individuals can do to help protect them. You are encouraged to elaborate beyond the detail in this outline to accommodate the needs and interests of your students.

B. This program is designed for classroom presentation only; no dives are required. It is highly recommended that this program be conducted in conjunction with other specialties such as Peak Performance Buoyancy, Underwater Naturalist, AWARE — Fish Identification and other programs such as Discover Snorkeling, Skin Diver course, etc.

C. Because the Project AWARE Specialty program does not have any dive or skill requirements, participants do not receive a specialty diving certification card. However, participants may receive a PADI completion (nondiving) card and/or a Project AWARE Certificate of Recognition.

Qualifications: Open to students of all ages.

Costs: 110CHF per student.

If you would like further information please contact Vladimir Stosic (vladimir.stosic@cdl.ch).

Emergency First Response Qualification

Posted on October 18, 2011 by hscomp11

Activity name: EFR courses Emergency First Response www.emergencyfirstresponse.com

Activity duration: Tuesdays and Thursdays 16h to 20h30. A small pause from 18h to 18h30 is given for a personal snack.

Date of offer: The dates are set when the inscriptions are over

Outline of activity with a description: It is a Primary and Secondary Care program offered to CDL students. It comprises EFR for Adult Care, Children Care and Infant Care. It also teaches the use of the Automated External Defibrillator(we have the latest models for demonstration). EFR courses are professional courses which should not to be confused with the samaritan course.

Qualifications: No prior qualifications needed but the course provides CAS (provided you volunteer as an EFR security responder during a school sports event ) and REACH hours. It may give extra-curricular credit when applying for universities.

Target age group: 15 to 18 years old

Costs:

We offer for CDL students the complete EFR courses for 340 CHF instead of the 780 outside of CDL. Students receive an International Personal Card valid in the whole world. Every two years students may do a refresher course
EFR Primary and Secondary Care Adults 170 CHF compared to 330 CHF external
EFR Primary and Secondary Care Children extra 70 CHF compared to 330 CHF external
Automated External Defibrillator 70 CHF compared to 120 CHF external
Inscription fee 30 CHF
The price includes Certification, PIC card.

If you would like further information please contact Vladimir Stosic (vladimir.stosic@cdl.ch).

CDL Yearbook

Posted on October 11, 2011 by hscomp11

Activity name: Yearbook

When: Every Tuesday and Friday from 4 pm until 5/5.30 pm

What: With students from the High School we produce the CDL Highschool yearbook.

Who: Motivated students. Students sign for one group

Photography ( they must have there one camera and be competent in this area) /
Documentation ( no particular skills required) /
Layout ( must be able to work with photoshop, if they are new to photoshop they can observe us for a week and help the following.

Target age group Highschool

Where: Computer room CR413

If you are interested in taking part in this activity please contact: Bénédicte Hurel: bénédicte.hurel@cdl.ch

Soup Kitchen CAS/REACH opportunity

Posted on October 10, 2011 by hscomp11

Activity name: Soup Kitchen

When: First Saturday of Every month normally starting at 10 am

What: Every month the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Geneva serves a meal to around 100 homeless or indigent local people. We welcome student help with chopping chicken and vegetables, preparing salad, and serving the food. This involves 2 to 3 hours of work.

Where: It is located directly behind Gare Cornavin, but lifts are available from the school (leaving at 9h30).

Who: In general, regulars are preferred since they will have some idea what to do after the first visit, but first time participation is encouraged including those just sampling the activitiy. French language skills are welcome but not needed.

For further information please contact Mr Evans-Klock john.evans@cdl.ch

Volunteer Opportunities with ICV Volunteers

Posted on October 10, 2011 by hscomp11

Who are we?

ICVolunteers (International Communications Volunteers) is an international non-profit organization specialized in the field of communications, in particular languages, communication technologies and conference support.

Through volunteer effort, we cooperate with organizations in the humanitarian, social, environmental and medical fields to implement projects and conferences at local, national and international levels.

We work with volunteers to implement social and educational programs in order to help populations and local communities to develop.

In addition, ICVolunteers promotes volunteerism and its recognition, by enhancing civic commitment and involvement, and by providing leadership and links between organizations, individuals and communities.

How to participate?

When volunteers register with ICVolunteers, we send them regular updates on upcoming projects. Once an individual decides to sign up for one, we will then send specific information related to the project.

Register with ICV here.

New York by Frank Rimmer

Posted on October 7, 2011 by hscomp11

There is a play being put on by CDL drama department and they are looking for students to help with the production. These are the way that students could get involved for CAS or REACH. We will then arrange a meeting for those who want to help.

SET DESIGN (art students, graphic design)
COSTUME
POSTER/ PROGRAMME and TICKET DESIGN
Ticket sale/ charity event raise money for ZOA? (man power and come up with and implement ways to promote the show in school raising money for charity.

Email Mr Penrose at ashley.penrose@cdl.ch or Mr Abbate at nicolo.abbate@cdl.ch

Serve the City – Saturday October 15th

Posted on October 6, 2011 by hscomp11

Serve the City are again looking for volunteers who want to make a difference. All this will be happening Saturday October 15^th.

1/ Ali Baba – sorting of donations

We seek about 10 volunteers from 9:00 to 14:00. A shop with second hand goods, available for the poor, needs to be cleared out before it’s opening.

Route de Saint-Julien 85, 1228 Plan le Ouates

2/ Gardening

We are looking for 2 strong males from 9:00 to 12:00. The entrance of one of the locations of Carrefour-Rue, a partner organization, is being rearranged. The perfect work-out for you!

Rue Baulacre 10, 1202 Genève

3/ Praparing the zoo

We are looking for 4 persons from 9:00 till 13:00. We will be preparing a cage of the Bellevue Zoo to receive its animals

Route de Valavran 33, 1293 Bellevue

For further information please contact stuart.allan@cdl.ch or vincent.puttemans@gmail.com

Vaud Panda Club

Posted on October 6, 2011 by hscomp11

Panda club in Vaud, organises outings all year round for 7-14 year olds to take them on the walking paths in the canton of Suisse Romand. All the outings are based around the central WWF themes: such as protection of the environment, the discovery of animals or an environment. The outings are lead by Panda Club monitors and are normally accompagnied by a specilist.

Go to the following website for further information and information to sign up. http://www.wwf-vd.ch/

2011 Gift Box Appeal

Posted on October 4, 2011 by hscomp11

MADS is again organising the gift box appeal for the High School and Second Cycle.

The boxes go to underprivileged children in schools and orphanages in Eastern Europe such as Belarus.

The boxes must be unisex
For children aged 4-14.
It is essential that each box contains all of the items included in the attached list and in approximately the quantities given.

Boxes can be left in CR215 until November 23rd. Each box must have one of the labels with the items ticked attached to each box.

For more information please follow this link or email caroline.ross@cdl.ch

Global Youth Conference 2011

Posted on October 3, 2011 by hscomp11

17 – 19 October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

9 am to 4:30 pm, Institute National Genevois

3 days – Effects of climate change, new energies, nanotechnologies and the law, positive action and more.

Objectives:

To send a message to negotiators at COP 17 in Durban
To plan together for future action – RIO+20 and more

Discussion now for action in the future.

For more information go to: www.earthfocusfoundation.org

Come to MADS meetings on Tuesday from 13.00 to 14.00 in room CR215 or email caroline.ross@cdl.ch

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