WindReach has added an Environmental Education Programme to its portfolio in fall 2021. Omari Dill is the leader of the effort.
WindReach added an Environmental Education Programme to their portfolio in the fall of 2021, according to a spokesperson. It is headed by Mr. Omari Dill who is one of Bermuda’s only qualified agronomists.
We are thrilled to have Omari on our staff and have seen the creativity with which he engages participants in the programme.
“Our primary goal is to bring awareness of the appropriate use of our environment and to maintain and increase biodiversity so that our participants and visitors leave with a greater appreciation of the environment on a local and global scale. Some of the educational activities include; plant identification for food, medicine and toxicity, native, endemic and invasive species.”
Mr. Dill said that the WindReach Environmental Education Programme explores the many creative, useful, and fun ways we can interact with the natural environment. My recent Pre-School lesson plan was all about sticks! Children are often warned about the dangers of playing with sticks and discouraged from picking them all up.
“At WindReach we encourage playing with sticks and demonstrate safe, fun and appropriate uses of them. Students were encouraged to use the sticks, mud and other materials found around WindReach Natural Environment to create animal shelters similar to those our Therapy Animals live in. They also used the mud and sticks to develop fine motor skills. The students were then allowed to transform their sticks into magic wand painting brushes with casuarina leaves and create magical masterpieces by swinging their sticks.
The spokesperson stated that the natural environment was used in WindReachs programming framework since their inception. The Educational & Therapeutic programmes rely heavily upon the sustainable use and accessibility of the natural environment.
“There is a heavy focus on gardening in order to help our participants to be directly involved in the cycles that govern the natural world, as we encourage them to become a key part in the development of our landscape throughout the seasons.”
Mr. Dill said that there is a strong emphasis on gardening in order for our participants to be directly affected by the cycles of the natural world. We encourage them to take part in the development and maintenance of our landscapes throughout the seasons.
“Participants are involved in seed to table activities, arts and crafts with natural elements, animal interactions and adventures around our natural environment that is home to trees and trails and which support an abundance of creatures flying overhead, creeping alongside us or slithering under our feet.
Tammalita Joseph is the WindReachs Fund Development manager. She said, “We would like to acknowledge and thank SiriusPoint for their recent financial backing of this programme and their belief to educate our future leaders and problem-solvers around the environment and sustainability.
Jillian Benson, a member of the SiriusPoint Bermuda Charitable Donations Committee, said, “SiriusPoint is pleased to partner with WindReach in the healthy and sustained development of our environment, and the people who live alongside and within it. The Corporate Charitable Giving mandate allows us to support the goals of WindReach’s Environmental Education Programme. It is designed to support, support, encourage and promote community development in the areas education, environment, and mental health.
Our support will enable WindReachs Environmental Education Programme to continue to thrive. It will provide meaningful and outcome-based educational, therapeutic, and therapeutic activities about horticulture and gardening to all ages, from preschool-aged children to seniors in the Adult Day Programme.
“SiriusPoint values WindReachs inclusive approach to working with individuals with diverse needs and were proud to have WindReach as one of our community partners, thereby supporting their continued efforts to Inspire, Empower and Change Lives.
According to the spokesperson, you can learn more about how your students or group can participate in our Environmental Education Programme by visiting our Website.
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