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Y.O.D.A. (Youth Organized for Disaster Action)
One of our country’s most valuable resources is its youth!
Y.O.D.A.-Youth Organized for Disaster Action, is a service-learning program that helps young people prepare their families, schools, and communities for unexpected emergencies and disasters. Y.O.D.A. began as a project of the Institute for Global Education and Service Learning in collaboration with the New Jersey Commission for National & Community Service, National Dropout Prevention Center and PennSERVE: The Governor’s Office for Citizen Service. Support for Y.O.D.A. comes from a Learn & Serve Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Y.O.D.A. addresses community safety concerns by engaging students in service-learning activities in their schools and communities. YODA provides students with a structured learning experience that allows them to enhance academic achievement, develop workplace-readiness skills, demonstrate active citizenship, and give back to their communities through service-learning while planning to respond to health, safety, and security concerns in their schools or communities, including natural disasters, school violence, medical emergencies, or acts of terrorism.
See some of the Y.O.D.A. programs in action:
Cullman Center for At-Risk Education “Drop in for Success Program” from Cullman, AL Click HERE
Blythewood High School’s Crime Scene Investigation project from Blythewood, DC Click HERE
To see samples examples of Y.O.D.A curriculum connections select a link below:
Disaster Preparedness Kits Health & Safety Fair Bio Attack Drill
The Y.O.D.A. program has grown to include 16 additional schools in the states of PA, NJ, NY, GA, SC, and AL.
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