A game which started out as an after-dinner sport played by 19th century English aristocrats is now being used as part of the fight to save the world’s most exploited people.
A group of Wyndham men will take part in a national 24-hour ‘Ping-Pong-A-Thon’ at Werribee Baptist Church on October 10 and 11 to raise money for organisations supporting children affected by human trafficking across south-east Asia.
Event founder Adrian Rowse, who has worked for a charity in Thailand, said he understood the challenges facing young people as a result of them being born into extreme poverty.
“Many children in south-east Asia are sent by their families to the cities to fend for themselves or to find work and send money back home to support the rest of their family,” Mr Rowse said.
“With limited education, no job skills and nowhere to live, most of these young people end up living on the streets and are drawn into the sex industry as a means of survival.”
Mr Rowse said organisers hoped to raise more than $100,000 nationally this year.
For more details, or to take part, visit www.pingpongathon.com.
