4 CMS students are winners of the international video competition

Four students from the Central Middle School in Eden Prairie (CMS) underwent the top winners in this year's 8 -billion -international student -video competition, which applied more than 4,500 entries from 67 countries, 48 ​​US states and in the District of Columbia.

This year's competition asked the students to examine how population growth overlaps with three critical global topics: the well -being of children, rainforest ecosystems and sanitary facilities.

The eighth graders Hassini Dharrireddy and Advika Raut won second place in the child category for their 60-second video “Overcoming nutritional uncertainty for children”. Sarah Zhou and Aakriti Kurudumale, also CMS-Eachklässler, won second place in the sanitary category for their one-minute video “Ecosan toilets: The Future to Sanitation Access”.

All four are the students of the eighth grade social scientist, Lindsay Klaverkamp.

Dharmireddy and Rauts “Overcoming nutritional uncertainty for children” proposes partnerships between farm to families who make food for families all over the world more accessible and cheaper.

“We wanted to raise awareness of food uncertainty,” they said. “The extent of the problem surprised us. Many parents cannot afford basic food for their children.”

Hasini wants to work to make people's lives better and plans to pursue a medical career. Advika sees animation as a career, but leaves the door open to other options.

The video of Zhou and Kurudumales “Ecosan toilets: The Future to Sanitation Access” examines the relationship between the population and hygiene and recommends the widespread use of composting toilets, followed by the separation of the matter that is to be used as fertilizer.

Before creating the video, the two only knew that in some areas of the world the problems with the sanitary attack were important and would deteriorate with increasing population groups. “It was very surprising that billions of people had no access to a toilet,” they said. They saw prototypes of eco toilets, but they had their own version of how the toilet would work for this project.

The annual competition is organized by the population training program of population connection and assessed by a jury by educators, filmmakers and experts in sustainability.

The prices for students cost 1,200 US dollars for first place, 600 US dollars for the second and 300 US dollars for the praise. The Middle School First and Second Place winners received $ 600 or $ 300.