Last weekend
was the 20 or for some the 40 hour famine to raise money for people in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, because
there are so many families in this area who really need our help. Many of the villages are not able to grow
crops and so all they have to eat is a type of sweet potato. They eat this for
breakfast, lunch and dinner and therefore are quite malnourished.
Wellesley
College has always got in behind the famine and the students are always keen to
raise as much money as they can for such a worthy cause. We learnt that just by
raising a small amount of money, we could provide enough food for 5 children
for 6 months – which is fantastic.
We have set a goal this year to try and raise $10,000. So we went around
the classrooms to find out how people went and what were some of the things people
did to raise money for the 20/40 Hour Famine.
Apart from the
traditional method of going without food for the time, others did some really weird
things, such as a few people who decided to live in a card board box. The most
money raised by one person was $500 he did this by not using technology not
eating and not talking – which must have been especially hard! No wonder he
raised so much money.
We can’t wait
to see the total results when all of the funds come in and fingers crossed we
reach our goal.
Check out the
photo below of all of the students in 5S who participated.
By Judd and
Rufus
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