By: Muhammad Azhari Lubis (volunteerPanda Mobile)

On Monday (15/02), the Panda Mobile team visited another school to provide environmental education to children. Located at Al Azhari Islamic School Rasuna Said, Jakarta, the Panda Mobile team carried the theme "Let's Make Change". The hope is that students at the school will start making even the smallest changes starting from themselves, including the school environment or around their homes.

There was something interesting about the visit. The students wore animal-themed trinkets and some of their faces were painted with makeup to resemble tigers, pandas, and elephants. The activity began with an introduction to WWF-Indonesia and the umbrella animal species protected by WWF-Indonesia. After that, Kak Ryan presented a storytelling session that told the story of an orangutan trapped in a plastic bag discarded by humans in the forest. The children listened to the story enthusiastically while absorbing the message not to throw plastic waste in any place.

Various interesting activities were also carried out during the visit, including coloring pictures of Javan rhinos for students in grades 1, 2, and 3, while grades 4, 5, and 6 did spaceship games. There were also activities to watch tiger poachers and "How Your T-Shirt Can Make a Difference" films, turtle and orangutan games, and recycling T-shirts into tote bags. All students were able to take part in each activity in turn, accompanied by Panda Mobile volunteers.

Of the many activities, the movie "How Your T-Shirt Can Make a Difference" really caught the students' attention. They learned that it takes 2,700 gallons of water to make one t-shirt. Not to mention washing that one t-shirt. In fact, that much water is enough for one person to consume for 900 days. This interesting fact surprised them. The Panda Mobile volunteers encouraged the students to make small changes from today onwards. One such action is to conserve water and of course recycle old t-shirts. "Let's make change!" exclaimed the students pledging to save water and make a change.