Lucky Dragon had a school project that he is working on and it took he and his classmates on a tour of a fishing village in Mumbai. We went along for the experience.
As a capstone project for all 5th graders for when they are graduating to middle school, they have to choose a topic of interest to work on. The only stipulation is that is has to be related to one of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Lucky Dragon chose to focus on Life Below Water and the sustainability of the ocean. This was a direct relation to his love for turtles.
For several weeks they have researched and had interviews. They chose to focus on the impacts of over fishing and the detrimental effects of dumping into the ocean.
It was cool to see that in his group of five there were children from Japan, Israel, The Netherlands, Brazil and USA. Then they are going to school in India and talking to Indian fishermen. Talk about an international experience!
They went to talk with a village about overfishing and ocean pollution. It was an opportunity for both sides to discuss the way they have felt the impact of both issues.
While we were there, the shipping boats were coming in from the night fishing ventures. They had loads and loads of krill. thousands and thousands of krill were sent to the village space to be spread out on the packed dirt plot and dried out in the sun. It would later be sold to eat. One of the kids watched the fish being unloaded and commented "I will never eat fish again!" I had to laugh...if you think this is bad kid, wait until to watch where chicken comes from! HAHA
It was a good experience to see how people work so hard to live. At one point there were several rubbish dump trucks pull up and people came out to dig through the rubbish and take out all the food scraps they could find to eat. It is times like this that I want our children to appreciate all that we have. The home we live in, the food we have, and the education that we have access to.
We love Mango season! We constantly have boxes of mango ready to eat. I think we eat two or three mangos a day each!
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