2019 Community Engagement Celebration Day
Environmental Health Related to Childrens' Learning
Type of Presentation
Tri-fold display
Presentation Type
Event
Project Summary
In the Fall of 2018, the Recycling and Reuse Technology Transfer Center partnered with Helping Hands International to host a fundraising dinner in an effort to support the construction of a new hall in a rural school in Pakistan. The event featured guest speakers Dr. Catherine Zeman, Professor of Environmental Health; Ms. Dema Kazkaz, President of Masjid Al Noor Islamic Center in Waterloo, Iowa; Mr. Shamir Butt, PIEER student intern and president of Helping Hands International, University of Northern Iowa Chapter. Dr. Zeman . Dr. Zeman spoke about the importance of children having healthy environmental conditions to support learning and growth. Ms. Kazkaz spoke on the influence students have in spreading awareness to support primary school students in Pakistan. Mr. Butt gave the audience a background of Helping Hands International’s work in Pakistan and presented a short documentary. More than sixty people attended the dinner and helped raise more than $3,000, enough money to cover the construction fees for the school hall in Pakistan! PIEER students worked to plan, promote and setup the event during the course of the semester.
Start Date
19-4-2019 9:00 AM
End Date
19-4-2019 10:30 AM
Event Host
UNI Office of Undergraduate Studies
Department/Center/Organization
Recycling and Reuse Technology Transfer Center/Panther Initiative for Environmental Equity and Resilience (PIEER)
Award Category
Social Justice Award (Theme-Based)
Award Category
Sustainability and Environmental Awareness Award (Theme-Based)
Copyright
©2019 Dionna Williams and Catherine Zeman
Recommended Citation
Williams, Dionna and Zeman, Catherine, "Environmental Health Related to Childrens' Learning" (2019). Community Engagement Celebration Day. 48.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/communityday/2019/all/48
Environmental Health Related to Childrens' Learning
In the Fall of 2018, the Recycling and Reuse Technology Transfer Center partnered with Helping Hands International to host a fundraising dinner in an effort to support the construction of a new hall in a rural school in Pakistan. The event featured guest speakers Dr. Catherine Zeman, Professor of Environmental Health; Ms. Dema Kazkaz, President of Masjid Al Noor Islamic Center in Waterloo, Iowa; Mr. Shamir Butt, PIEER student intern and president of Helping Hands International, University of Northern Iowa Chapter. Dr. Zeman . Dr. Zeman spoke about the importance of children having healthy environmental conditions to support learning and growth. Ms. Kazkaz spoke on the influence students have in spreading awareness to support primary school students in Pakistan. Mr. Butt gave the audience a background of Helping Hands International’s work in Pakistan and presented a short documentary. More than sixty people attended the dinner and helped raise more than $3,000, enough money to cover the construction fees for the school hall in Pakistan! PIEER students worked to plan, promote and setup the event during the course of the semester.
