Society of
Saint Vincent
de Paul
School Materials
RECYCLING
Project
2006
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 The
members of
SVdP help other
people.
 You can help
Vinnies to help
the needy.
 By recycling
what you no
longer need.
 You can give to
those who have
nothing.
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What’s your Classroom like?
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In some Papua New
Guinea schools
students don’t have
the basic materials to
help them learn.
The teacher writes the
lesson on the board,
the kids then
memorize it, and
practice by writing in
the sand.
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What can
you give?
Donate good
condition materials
you have left over
at the end of the
school year.
 Used but working
pens
 Used pencils (not
short stubs)
 Paper, exercise
books
 Photocopy paper,
clean on one side.
 Pencil Sharpeners
 Rubbers
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 Rulers
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Donate clean exercise books
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Tear out the used
pages in your
exercise book, and
donate the
remaining clean
pages.
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Remove untidy scribble and
rubbish from the covers
 You
could
recover the
exercise book to
make it
presentable ?
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Remember
 How
would you feel if someone gave
you rubbish.
 Make sure you donate clean and
useful goods,
TEXT BOOKS and Dictionaries
Is your school
updating its text
books? What will
happen to the old text
books?
 Are they up to date,
not too old ?
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 Do
you think
that kids in PNG
could use them?
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YOU BET
they can !
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We need desks, black boards, working computers and
software too … the chairs and books in this classroom
were donated by students from Central Queensland last
year.
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It’s more than just reading and
writing …
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The need
doesn’t stop at
books.
Has your school
got any surplus
sporting
equipment?
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Where will your gifts go ?
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Your recycled
educational
materials will go
to remote schools
in Papua New
Guinea
Queensland
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During term 4 …
Your St Vinnies group should start planning
collections in your school now.
 Call your local St Vinnies President for
help, and keep them informed about
your activities.
 Invite your local St Vinnies to your
school to talk about the project.
 Arrange for a day or two in January, to sort
and pack the donations
 Place some advertising notices in your
school news-letters.
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What do you do ?
Before the last day of school…
You, personally, sort and clean
your own gifts of school
materials and sporting goods.
•Your class collects the
goods, and puts them in
boxes that you collect from
your local super-market.
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After you have collected the
goods….
Call your local St Vinnies to arrange for
them to collect it.
They’ll take it to a depot near your school.
In January your school group should help
St Vinnies to sort and pack the boxes and
prepare them for shipping.
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What you do at school will affect what
happens over at PNG…
This is the text written on the back of the
photo you’ll see next …
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A
school’s deputy principal opens one
of our containers as the CUSTOMS
lady looks on.
If the
container
contents
does not
match the
list, there is
trouble.
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In January, before school starts…
You’ll have to sort the goods into itemized
boxes.
 Make sure class sets are complete.
 Remove any unsuitable magazines or
novels.
 Make an accurate list of the contents of
the goods, in each box.
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Clearly Label each box with its contents.
 You
can do this at the St Vinnies
depot.
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Place
In January…
the boxes on pallets, then shrink
wrap them for transport. Make them
water tight. Don’t forget to Attach the
contents list.
Contact St Vinnies to get some shrink
wrap, its like over-sized glad-wrap.
You should
call
St Vinnies for
help to sort it
all and put
the goods on
palettes.
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Your St Vincent de Paul group gets
involved
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It doesn’t take much effort, but your
help is desperately needed…
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St Vinnies will transport the goods to
Brisbane where it will be put in a
shipping container.
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Moving the container for shipping…
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from Brisbane to PNG…
The container will be put on a ship
which will be met at PNG by our workers
over there.
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In Papua New Guinea ….
The materials will
be delivered to
the remote
schools
 by truck, boat,
tractor or what
ever means we
have available.
 It’s not so easy
to transport stuff
over there….
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Everyone helps
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Your gifts will be gladly received by
people who don’t have enough.
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WHY ?
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We want to… “work with the poor in
development, by respecting their dignity,
sharing our hope, and encouraging them
to take control of their own destiny.”
Mission Statement of the Saint Vincent De Paul Society 2004
With better education you are in a
better position to take control of your
own destiny.
St Vincent De Paul Society in Australia since 1854
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We need it…
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If your school can’t gather
recyclables…..
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You could help to raise money
to buy mosquito nets which
are badly needed in tropical
PNG.
You could buy new exercise
books, text books or pencil
kits
Contact us at Vinnies Youth
Central Queensland, phone
41515455, or 0428790902 or
email to
[email protected]
and,
 Contact
your local St
Vinnies
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Please help us help others.
Join in the recycling
project
and
MAKE
A
DIFFERENCE
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Contact
us at St Vinnies Youth
Central Queensland
(Rockhampton Diocese)
phone 41515455, or
0428790902 or email to
[email protected]
and
call your local St Vinnies.
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