Publish social media posts leading up to World Rural Development Day (WRDD) and in support of the action focus. Whether it is daily or weekly, continue to remind people to celebrate WRDD, get involved, and take action for the Rural lives and areas.
World Rural Development Day (WRDD) provides a great opportunity to gain support and raise funds for your initiatives. Create an online fundraiser and spread the word on social media.
Looking to support WRDD directly? Make a donation on the website or visit the Facebook page to make a donation or create a fundraiser. Thank you for your support!
If you want to learn, teach or have fun, you can check out these sources for a number of Integrated Rural Development-related lesson plans.
Give students a hands-on learning experience by hosting a field trip to an educational or engaging area. This could be visiting a local village, visiting a museum (linked to rural lives and activities), going to the beach, or taking a walk at a nature reserve or forest. These types of events are great for instilling a passion for rural life!
Host a presentation or workshop at your local school! Invite an Rural hero or organization to speak to your students. Alternatively, create your own presentation about the rural lives. Focus these presentations on Integrated Rural Development or vast and hidden rural resources. Make it exciting and interactive by using films, music, games, and outdoor activities. Youth engagement is incredibly important for fostering future environmentalists.
Create a World Rural Development Day festival, or add the Rural development to other festivals and have a space for rural live-themed activities. Incorporate art by choosing any medium, such as paint and chalk to create rural art. Set up a work station where people of all ages can learn more about the rural innovation and lives and how to help by taking action in their own lives, and their communities.
Invite local organizations to run an information booth or organize your own volunteer booth with awareness and action materials. Provide information about ways participants can get involved in in your area and how they can support the global effort to protect the rural areas and development. Hand out the Integrated rural development guides and cards and their
International Resources with ways to take action for sustainable rural development around the world.
Host a photo or art exhibit featuring rural-lives-themed works by local students or artists that express their connection to the rural development and their concern about rural issues.
Hold a Rural Development art, writing, video or photography contest. Pick the winners on
World Rural Development Day and hold a ceremony where the winners can share or display their works with your community.
Looking for more audience participation? Sponsor a “paint-off” and invite participants to paint rural-themed pictures in front of an audience. The best works (selected by the audience) can be showcased at your organization or a local community centre, museum, library, or other public place. Be sure to use eco-friendly paint! Alternatively, create artwork from other materials, even trash!