On 13th October 2022, Gambia Ocean Heroes team visited Charles Jow Memorial Academy in Bundung for another school outreach activity. For the first time, the GOHs school outreach was locally funded by Standard Chartered Bank. With this amazing partnership, the team was able to teach the students about marine science and create awareness about marine debris and its effects on the marine environment.
With over fifty (50) students present, the team divided the students into three rotational groups each visiting all the three sites. The first group was focused on the aquatic parameters which entails of salinity, pH, and dissolved oxygen. The second group was focused on the terrestrial parameters which shows the temperature, humidity, wind speed, windchill, altitude, and air pressure. The final group explained the feeding relationship between organisms in the ocean.
This event was to help promote students to experience hands-on environmental monitoring using field equipment that measure different parameters. Aside from this, we also engaged the students with a mini cleanup and Standard Chartered provided eight trash bins, rakes, and spades to the school. This was done to help them keep their environment clean and healthy. We also used a chat book that explains the effect of plastic pollution in the ocean, where it starts and where it end. The students of Charles Jow Memorial Academy were so curious and excited to learn more about marine science and marine debris and its effect on the marine environment.
