School assignments don’t often lead to anything beyond the final mark, but for a group of year 9 students at Westbourne Grammar, their work will result in fresh water being delivered to some of the world’s poorest people.
The Youth Aqua Aid Fun Run which aims to raise money UNICEF’s Wash program, will take place in Altona this Saturday.
However, as one the event organisers and Westbourne student, Melrose Tilly explained, the event had its genesis in a group assignment at the school’s Truganina campus.
“As part of the year 9 program at my school, Westbourne Grammar, people are broken up into groups with others who compliment and challenge their abilities to experiment learning how to work well with others,” Melrose said.
“After many group discussions we decided that we wanted to work with UNICEF to raise money because we thought that they were a reputable, worthy cause.
We decided to donate with the money going toward UNICEF’s wash program because we believed that that would be able create the largest everlasting change to the lives of others.
“The Wash program aims to help supply important hygienic items such as toilets, soaps and water purifying tablets to those in need and we believe that this program is the best to create an important change.”
Melrose said the group were hopeful of raising more than a $1000 for their cause through entrance fees.
“The charge for the run is $10 per person or $30 for a group of 4 participants and if people are unable to run, we would love for them to donate using the qr code attached,” she said.
The 3.5km fun run will be held at 10am on October 29 at Cherry Lake in Altona, with registrations closing at 9.45am.
Participants can walk or cycle too.
