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Nós Somos Energia

The Nós Somos Energia / EOLO program is a project aimed at teaching children about clean energy sources and energy efficiency.

Directed at 9 and 10 year-old 4th grade students, it follows the curricular plan elaborated by Cabo Verde’s Ministry of Education and Sports and is a different and innovative way of teaching these themes. Having had its start in 2015, the program has already had the participation of roughly 4,811 students from 234 classes throughout 146 schools within the islands of Santiago, São Nicolau, Boa Vista, São Vicente, Fogo and Santo Antão.

EOLO visits schools in various of the country’s islands to introduce energy sources and teach how to save energy from an educational and entertaining perspective, bringing excitement and joy into classrooms.

With active participation throughout the program – from participatory intervention when the classes are administered to involvement with the drawing contest – all children are invited to participate directly in each activity. The initiative is also extended to all parents and guardians, with the development of specific information for the joint promotion of changes in behavior.

Objectives

The EOLO is intended to:

  • Provide an educational and entertaining introduction to the different sources of energy and the impacts they have on the environment;
  • Raise children’s awareness regarding the need for the more rational use of electrical energy;
  • Involve students and promote future changes in behavior in order to foster energy efficiency;
  • Value existing natural resources in Cabo Verde;
  • Involve parents and guardians, encouraging their interest in the school and in their children’s curricular activities while transmitting a message of effective changes in behavior with regards to energy consumption.

Target Public

Involving students, teachers and parents and integrated in the Ministry of Education and Sport’s curricular plan, the “Nós Somos Energia” project promotes the education, awareness and involvement of all.

Students

The EOLO is aimed at 9 and 10 year-old 4th grade students. The children are the program’s main allies in the attempt to change future behavior. Due of their enormous learning capacity, they are insatiably curious and unprejudiced, which allows them to effectively do the same things in a different way.

Teachers

Teachers are a fundamental ingredient in the program’s success in that they lend continuity to EOLO after the classes administered by the program’s trainers, raising students’ enthusiasm in participating in the drawing contest and in filling in the Mini Quiz. They are also in constant contact with the classes throughout the school year and can increment the adoption of new behaviors in the school and the development of program-related activities.

Parents

Parents and guardians are important targets in that their involvement in the EOLO is a way of leveraging the knowledge that the students acquire in the classroom so as to apply the new energy efficient behavior to their daily lives at home.

Classes

Classes with Tips on Saving Energy (in Portuguese)

Classes on Energy Sources (in Portuguese)