Program


 * Video Conference for Hope Schedule (MDT)**

As we set up our Video Conference equipment and sign-on to the conference, we will have the privilege of hearing the band/choir/Jazz Band from schools as they open our conference with music.
 * 8:00 AM** **Let’s get this party started - Musical Prelude: School Band**

Change for Children has been changing the world for over 30 years through supporting sustainable, community-led development in the Global South and providing an engaging Global Education Program for thousands of youth in North America. Catch the vision for how Change for Children, the Video Conference for Hope and young people from around the world will come together, for one day, and change the world!
 * 8:30 AM (All ages) Opening Address– Change for Children**

Interact with a kindergarten and Grade 1 students who will share how they start there school day. Students will share their activities and their teacher will explain the importance of their daily school activities.
 * 9:00 AM (All ages: target - Elementary) Live Video Conference with Nicaragua: Let’s go to School…in Nicaragua!**

The Honourable Dave Hancock, Alberta’s Minister of Education, as part of the VC for Hope and Education Week, will address the changing face of Education in Alberta, Canada and the world. Through the marvels of technology, learning has been freed from the geographic confines of the classroom. Students now have the opportunity and responsibility to be citizens of the world. We all have the privilege of coming together, through technology like Video Conferencing, and making the world a better place.
 * 9:30 AM (All ages) Key Note Speaker #1 – The Honourable Dave Hancock**

We have a Nobel Laureate, a UNESCO Prize for Peace Education, or a young man who, in high school, started a movement that has changed the face of youth activism forever.
 * 9:50 AM (All ages) Key Note Speaker #2 – Toh Swee-Hin**

Students from around the world discuss what life was like for themselves and their families in their home countries, and the changes that have taken place since coming to North America.
 * 10:10 AM (All ages) International Tales of Strength: Stories from the World’s Children and our Neighbours**

Students from Barrio 18 de Mayo will share their music, poems and stories which describe their lives and goals for the future. Say goodbye to the students from the 18 de Mayo school, the school which the fundraising is taking place for.
 * 10:30 AM (All ages) Live Videoconference with Nicaragua-Student Music, Poems and Stories from Nicaragua!**

Learn about two exciting projects taking place to help raise funds for the building of a school in Nicaragua. How can your school help out? Share about the projects your school has initiated. Let’s work together to make education a reality for students all around the world. Here’s how!
 * 11:00 AM (All ages)** **Current Fundraising projects**

Come: play, sing and learn your first words in Spanish. This session, targeted at older Elementary students, promises to be a fun filled introduction to the Spanish language.
 * 11:30 AM (All ages, Elementary) Let’s speak Spanish: A Beginner lesson and games**


 * 11:50 AM (All ages) School group**

Long time CFC volunteer Frank Bessai, who spent 4 years living in Nicaragua and working with street kids in Managua and Esteli, will show pictures of Change for Children projects with street kids in the cities and with indigenous peoples of the rainforest, speak about the lives of school age children, play songs and share stories of Nicaraguan culture.
 * 12:00 AM (All ages) Life and Hope beyond the Streets of Esteli**

This multimedia presentation, hosted by the creator of production, will weave the tail of the work of Change for Children in Nicaragua. Learn about how Fine Arts (music, painting, and much, much more) can transform a community and a group of young people forever.
 * 12:30 PM (All ages) Change for Children – A Multimedia perspective to projects in Nicaragua**


 * 12:50 AM (All ages) School group**

Is your school interested in joining other schools from around the world in a global mural painting project? Do you have a wall in your school that can be painted to show solidarity with your fellow students in Nicaragua? Mural painting has a rich history in Nicaragua and is a significant component of the education students receive in some of Change for Children’s project. Present your mural or just come and hear as schools from around the world share their murals and the meaning they hold to them.
 * 1:00 PM (All ages) Murals: Painting a better world**

Interact with a group of students in Esteli, Nicaragua as they share their opportunities and rich history through their mural work as students.
 * 1:30 PM (All ages; target Elementary) Live Video Conference with Nicaragua: Mural Students Live from Nicaragua!**

The United Nations has declared 2008 as the International Year of Languages! Come and celebrate the learning of second languages, featuring the 6 official languages of the UN in games, skits and an overall good time for all**.**
 * 2:00 PM (Jr./Sr. High) International Languages**

Have you ever wanted to Dance with the Stars! The Salsa, Ramba, Cha Cha. This session will introduce participants to the basics of Latin American dancing.
 * 2:30 PM (Jr./Sr. High) Dance Workshop**

An final opportunity to connect with Nicaragua and have a better understanding of how everyone is working together for a better world and better opportunities for young students in Nicaragua. The true power of people working together to help others!
 * 3:00 PM (All ages; target Jr/Sr High) Live Video Conference with Nicaragua: Our Communities Working Together!**


 * 3:30 PM (All ages) Sign Off and Remember**