德威慈善女孩Kimmy荣获EARCOS国际公民奖项|Kimmy received Global CitizenshipAward
你知道吗？
有这么一群人，
连呼吸都是一件奢侈的事情。
他们就是尘肺病人。
苏州德威国际高中12年级学生Kimmy M，已经持续关注这个群体多年。她说：“据不完全统计，中国约有600万尘肺病人。日前，她因在公益慈善领域的持续努力获得了EARCOS的国际公民奖项。
EARCOS国际公民奖项
EARCOS（东亚国际联盟学校组织）是一个由超过165所著名的东亚国际学校组成的组织，目前已有五十年的历史。国际公民奖项是颁发给有国际公民意识的学生的奖项。
申报国际公民奖项需具备条件：
•将完成他/她的倒数第二年（毕业前一年，通常是11年级）。
•理解人类和生态问题的相互依赖性和相互关联性。
•展示强大的协作，解决问题，倾听和建立共识的技能。
•努力充分了解全球性问题。
•始终如一地表现出内在的自愿主义。
•展现出非凡的领导能力。
•积极参与未来的领导能力培养。
•具有“良好的学术成绩”。
•熟悉至少两种语言。
要获得这个奖项，
需要满足的条件有不少呢。
让我们一起走近这位有爱的少女
了解她的公益故事
一次特殊的旅程让她埋下了公益梦
尘肺病、尘肺病人，原本对Kimmy来说是仅仅是陌生的名词而已。但是，2016年暑假，Kimmy机缘巧合跟着大爱清尘工作人员到湖南的一个镇去看望当地的尘肺病人。
大爱清尘始创于2011年6月15日，是专门从事救助中国600万尘肺病农民，并致力于推动预防和最终基本消除尘肺病的公益组织。
四天内，Kimmy跟着工作人员走访了19个尘肺病人家庭。“他们的生活真的很贫困，住的房子特别简陋，子女甚至都上不起学。”走访的19个家庭、行程中的感悟、尘肺病的相关知识……Kimmy都认认真真记录在笔记本上。这次特殊的旅程，她记满了一整本笔记本。
▲湖南走访中的座谈会
Kimmy记得很清楚，那次走访有位尘肺病人用不标准的普通话跟他们说，“生活没有希望啊，每次看到山崖我都想跳下去。但是你们的帮助让我看到了希望，谢谢你们啊。”
这一次短暂但特殊的旅程，让当时初三的Kimmy M.感触颇多。“大多数尘肺病人都是长久挖煤矿之后患病。他们为社会发展贡献了自己的力量。可是他们患病之后社会支持资源有限，我们是否应该做些什么来帮助他们？”
自此，尘肺病人的境况成为Kimmy心头的牵挂。
很幸运，可以创办慈善社团帮助尘肺病人
去年，Kimmy作为12年级插班生来到德威国际高中就读。刚刚入学，她听说德威有很多慈善社团，心头那份对尘肺病人的牵挂终于有机会转化成实际行动。
▲Lungs & Love社团成员合影
她直接就找到德威慈善活动协调员Mr. Gates老师，向老师表明要创建一个关注尘肺病人的慈善社团。“老师了解了之后特别支持，鼓励我创办这个社团。我父母一听这个想法也特别支持。”然而创办社团并没有那么简单。“我刚刚到学校，老师同学都不认识，很多简单的事情都要从头问起。”
功夫不负有心人，在同学、老师的支持下，Lungs & Love慈善公益社团正在稳健发展。在Kimmy的带领下，Lungs & Love慈善公益社团设计了社团标志、社团大旗、专属T恤等。2018年8月，Lungs & Love社团建立。
Lungs & Love社团logo
2018年11月，社团邀请大爱清尘工作人员做专题演讲分享。同学们对尘肺病、尘肺病人的了解更加深入。
▲邀请大爱清尘工作人员来校做专题讲座
▲大爱清尘工作人员来德威演讲之后发布的朋友圈感受
2019年3月，社团制作了T恤还有旗帜，每两周开展一次爱心公益跑，向社会宣传社团及尘肺病人现状。
在Kimmy及同学们的坚持与努力下，社团的一项项活动正在陆续展开。Kimmy还被评为“大爱清尘2018年度优秀志愿者”。
公益，不仅仅是公益而已
很多人都说，公益是会上瘾的。现在，Kimmy也是有“瘾”的，很多时候都会想到尘肺病人。获得了EARCOS国际公民奖项，Kimmy还有机会申请获得500美元慈善公益奖金。“虽然只有6%的机会获得，但是还是很想要。如果获得这笔奖金，就能给尘肺患者更多帮助，我们现在做的还是太少了。”
Kimmy参加了学校女子篮球队
从公益活动中，Kimmy收获很多。为了社团能获得更大更多的支持，Kimmy一次次站在全院师生、全校师生面前演讲宣传。“第一次演讲时，带着稿子上台我都紧张得要命。现在我随时都能脱稿演讲，而且也不紧张了。”
Kimmy和同学合影
Kimmy M.的内心也因公益变得更加纯净、强大。“其实，一开始做公益还是会想着为大学申请锦上添花。但是后来的想法就是跟大爱清尘的那句口号一样：能救一个是一个，能帮一点是一点。尘肺病人真的急需帮助。”
公益种子萌芽了，未来将长更大
德威国际高中慈善活动协调员Mr. Gates老师介绍，其实EARCOS国际公民奖项适合的学生人选不止Kimmy M.一人。“但是她身上可以更多地看到她对公益慈善发自内心的热忱。”
▲社团公益跑
Mr. Gates介绍，Lungs & Love社团现在在稳步发展，Kimmy付出了很多。她的认真、负责我们都看在眼里。像公益跑至今已经举办五六次，除了身体不舒服和考试，她每次都参加。即使有一次正逢考试，她也提前把跑步事项安排好。”
德威国际高中的公益慈善组织
目前，德威国际高中有艺术与文化传播、健康关怀、开拓与创新、教育领域等四大领域的慈善社团。Mr.Gates说，德威的慈善活动使命是：在学生中培养一种有同理心和服务意识的文化，鼓励学生参与，赋予学生权力去做出影响力。（更多德威慈善项目介绍可以点击☛【德威慈善】回馈社会，奉献爱心，培养社会责任感 | Charity Work at Dulwich查看）
Kimmy说：“现在的能力有限，能做的事情还不是很多。将来到了大学，我也想继续做公益，让更多人知道尘肺病，并能帮助更多尘肺病人。”
在采访时，Kimmy多次说，现在能做得还很少。但是能将想法付诸实践已经是成功了一半。加油吧，少女！
Kimmy M. received the EARCOS Global Citizenship Award
Kimmy M. is a Year 12 student at Dulwich International High School Suzhou. For many years, she has helped people who are suffering from pneumoconiosis, According to recent research, there are about 6 million people suffering from pneumoconiosis in China. She received the EARCOS Global Citizenship Award because of her efforts in supporting this charity.
EARCOS Global Citizenship Award
EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of Schools) is an organization of more than 165 well-known East Asian international schools, with a 50 year history. The EARCOS Global Citizenship Awards are given to students who display a high level of civic awareness.
What are the requirements for applying for the EARCOS Global Citizenship Award?
The Student will:
Will complete his/her penultimate year (one year before graduation, usually in the 11th grade).
Understand the interdependence of human and ecological issues.
Demonstrate strong collaboration, problem solving, listening and consensus building skills.
Try to fully understand global issues.
Consistently demonstrate internal voluntarism.
Show extraordinary leadership.
Actively participate in future leadership development.
Have “good academic performance”.
Familiar with at least two languages.
Kimmy M's Special Charity Journey
Pneumoconiosis used to be just a strange word to Kimmy M. However, in the summer of 2016, she had the chance to follow the staff of an organization called “LOVE & SAVE Pneumoconiosis”. They went to a small town in Hunan and visited some local pneumoconiosis patients.
What is “LOVE & SAVE Pneumoconiosis”?
Founded on June 15th 2011, “LOVE & SAVE Pneumoconiosis” is a non-profit organization. It works to help the 6 million pneumoconiosis farmers in China. The Charity is dedicated to the promotion, prevention and elimination of pneumoconiosis.
During that four-day trip, Kimmy visited 19 families dealing with pneumoconiosis. Kimmy described their living conditions in the following way. "They are very poor, their houses are very humble and their children cannot even go to school." Kimmy documented the situation of the 19 families, the things that happened on the trip, and the knowledge she had gained about pneumoconiosis. She filled a whole notebook on this special trip.
She remembers very clearly a patient with pneumoconiosis who said to her in a dialect: "Life has no hope. I am not thinking about living in this world anymore, every time I see the cliff. However, your help has given me hope and is greatly appreciated."
This short but special journey made Kimmy, who was still at middle school, gain a different perspective: “Most of the pneumoconiosis patients are sick after long-term mining. They have contributed their strength to social development. However, when they get sick, there isn't enough support in society for them. We need to do something to help them.” Since then, the situation of pneumoconiosis patients has become a big concern of Kimmy.
Establishment of the Lungs & Love charity
Last year, Kimmy joined Dulwich International High School Suzhou as a 12th grade transfer student. She discovered that charity work was important at Dulwich and realized that finally, she could do something for pneumoconiosis patients.
She met Mr. Gates, who is our charity coordinator, and explained her idea of creating a charity that focuses on pneumoconiosis patients. Kimmy said “Mr. Gates totally understood me and encouraged me to establish the charity. My parents also supported this idea.” However, it isn't easy to establish a charity. "I had just started school, so I didn't know many teachers or classmates.” Kimmy said.
Hard work pays off. With the support of classmates and teachers, the Lungs & Love charity has been developing steadily. Under the leadership of Kimmy M., the Lungs & Love charity has finalized its logo, banner, and exclusive T-shirt designs, and in August 2018, the Lungs & Love Charity was officially established.
In November 2018, the Lungs & Love charity invited staff from the organization “LOVE & SAVE Pneumoconiosis”, to make a speech at Dulwich. During this presentation, our students learned much more about pneumoconiosis and pneumoconiosis sufferers.
In March 2019, the Lungs & Love charity produced their T-shirt and banner, and launched a charity run. This takes place every two weeks and publicizes the Lungs & Love charity, highlighting the plight of pneumoconiosis patients. With Kimmy M's persistent efforts and the help of her classmates, all the activities of the Lungs & Love charity have gone smoothly. Kimmy M. was also awarded "Excellent Volunteer of the Year 2018" from ‘LOVE & SAVE Pneumoconiosis’ organization.
“It is not only about charity”
Kimmy M. thinks about pneumoconiosis patients all the time. Awarded the EARCOS Global Citizenship Award, Kimmy M. gained the opportunity to apply for a $500 charity bonus. Kimmy said “although there is only a 6% chance to get that charity bonus, I still want to apply for it! If I get this bonus, I can provide more help to the pneumoconiosis patients. We aren't doing enough.”
Kimmy has gained a lot from her charity activities. In order to get more support for the Lungs & Love charity, Kimmy spoke publically in front of all the students and teachers at Dulwich. "I was so nervous when I came to the stage with the manuscript. Now I can make the speech at any time without being nervous," Kimmy said.
Kimmy has also become a more pure and powerful person through working on charity activities. Kimmy said, “When I started, I was only doing charity work to help with university applications in the future. However, it's changed my mind. I find myself thinking more about helping pneumoconiosis patients, and less about myself. I believe in our slogan of ‘LOVE & SAVE Pneumoconiosis’; ‘save as many people as we can, help as much as we can’, pneumoconiosis patients really need help.”
The growth of the Lungs & Love charity
Mr. Gates, (charity coordinator at Dulwich) explained that there are multiple candidates for the EARCOS Global Citizenship Award. Mr. Gates mentioned that “however, you can see Kimmy’s enthusiasm for charity.”
According to Mr. Gates, the Lungs & Love charity is now developing steadily. Kimmy has put in a lot of effort on the charity and her seriousness and responsibility have been seen by everyone of us. Unless Kimmy was sick or had exams, she has participated in every charity run. Dulwich International High School Suzhou has four kinds of Charites, which relates to:
Art and Cultural Communication
Health Care
Pioneer and Innovation
Education
Mr. Gates explained that the mission of charity is to cultivate students’ empathy and awareness of service. Charity encourages students to participate and empowers them to have an impact on the world.
Kimmy said, "When I go to university, I will still dedicate as much time as I can to charity. I will let more people know about pneumoconiosis in order to help more patients."
We wish Kimmy all the best in the future!
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