V.BLESS Lesson 2 (30min)
Topic: How we can help the refugee?
Objective:
To understand what we can contribute to help the refugees
To plan activities to help a Rohingya learning centre
Reading:
Facts:
Malaysia has not signed the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. Refugee in Malaysia cannot work legally. The children cannot go to government schools. They have limited access to affordable health care. They have many mental and social issues.
Storytelling:
When the Master landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. As evening approached, the students came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
The Master replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
“Bring them here to me,” he said. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the students, and the students gave them to the people.
They all ate and were satisfied, and the students picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.
- Take turn to read the story 2 times.
- Retell the story in your own words.
- How did the Master respond to the crowd?
- How did the students respond to the Master’s request?
- What can you give to help the refugee?