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P l ._. a I ‘ 5‘ i, . 3 r _. ._, ’ poor children around the world, So they L 3" _ A asked their entire school to take the vow of \ - .~ g , A “ " silence to raise awareness about issues like 1 v ' s . ‘ xvi. child poverty. child labour. child soldiers and v > - A '_ '4 as Kai gs; .._-;;~ i g the denial of educational opportunities to , a; a! _\ ~ . . ‘ u ’ m» " H” ‘ kids based on gender; age and where they :3); ‘ e "‘ ‘74" ‘ a were born. vs: .. ~ ” / “We wanted to look at some of the prob- ”: [ems around our community. and also - around the world,~ said Shae Meier. 14, a Grade 8 student at the school. “We wanted Shae Meier and Sabrina Ly organized a vow to do something to help” of silence day at Lincoln Heights school last The group made up of Meier. Sabrina Ly, week to raise awareness about the plight of I lennifer Macdonald. Julianna Yeung, Helen Children around the world. Alarashi and Mara Bender decided to start a ”WWW i global issues group in the {all to see what project. That's when they thought about i change they could effect in their school. highlighting some of the conditions kids. Their first major project was a fundraiser their own age live in around the world. for Anselma House. with the school commu- Meier's older sister Alana had participated in nity milecting more than 25 new badmacks a similar vow of silence campaign at her ON A Y R M MBERSHIPP - full of items to help women and their chil- high school, Bluevale collegiate institute. 1 EA E . dren when they enter the emergenq shelter and thought the response from the student program. body was really interesting. H y r That inspired the group to start another “We wanted to do something for children ‘ I VTh‘T‘Lr‘if'. V71 5 ‘ who don‘t have a voice " said Meier. "\ was! t - . ‘ V ’ i I a ,' f I” add ' . “it would be really hard to give " '11-; :~’ 1. "if f‘w Class Faculty A N “7‘ * V‘MHLAH ' 7 up what we have and deal with . ' . V s; . 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