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Mission in 360 – Catholic Mission’s 360 VR experience

Myanmar – St John’s School in the remote northers town of Hakha

Myanmar – Pan Hlaing community

Myanmar – St Joseph’s Centre for Children and Adults with HIV/AIDS

All videos can be viewed here: www.WMM2018.cm.org.au/360-degree-vr.html

Respond

Glossary

Find out the meanings of these words:

HIV/AIDS
Child-centred learning
Treatment
Orphaned
Discrimination

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Some questions

What activities can the children do in their time at the centre?
Where is Myanmar located?
Where is the St Joseph’s Centre?
Who are the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition?
What is the situation for Myanmar with regards to HIV and AIDS?
What are three reasons why this is the case?
If you had 30 seconds to tell the story of the children at St Joseph’s what would be the main points you would highlight?
When the children come back from school what do they do?

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Some questions

When you come home from school what do you do?
What are the statistics for HIV/AIDS in Australia?
Given your experience of the 360VR of the children at St Joseph’s:
Write about how you felt watching the video:

Children from St Joseph’s Home

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Extension

What are the conditions of the roads, houses and hospitals like in the area where you live?

How do they compare to the roads, houses and hospitals you see in the video?

Research the diseases of HIV and AIDS. Find out their causes, symptoms, preventions and cures.

Some places to start:

http://www.who.int/countries/mmr/en/

http://www.csostat.gov.mm/

https://www.unicef.org/myanmar/

Other Activities and Suggestions:

Ask students to trace an outline of their feet and then they can write a message inside the drawing as a sign of solidarity with children at St Joseph’s

Use a tool like Powtoon (https://www.powtoon.com/) to create an animated version a day in the life of St Joseph’s Centre

Board game – students could create a “Life to the Full” board game which explains the joys and challenges of St Joseph’s Centre.