Pupils at Portlethen Academy are inviting other schools, businesses and workplaces across the North East to join in a campaign to raise awareness of global hunger. Aberdeenshire Council today put out a news release telling how the S2 pupil...s have been inspired by Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies teacher Mrs Garrett and the national IF Campaign, involving more than 100 charities. It seeks to highlight the global food crisis whereby one in eight people worldwide do not have enough to eat. The young people want to send a message to G8 leaders meeting in the UK next month by encouraging an Aberdeenshire-wide campaign. They want schools, workplaces and individuals to join them in skipping, sharing, reducing or eating fruit for lunch on June 17. They suggest others can also show support by sharing publicity from the IF Campaign, writing to local and national politicians about the issue, giving lessons on global food poverty, fundraising for international development charities and selling IF Campaign wristbands. They hope actions like this will persuade the G8 to do more about global hunger, raise awareness about the problem and show solidarity with those living in hunger. There is enough food in the world to feed everyone but more than two million children die each year because they can’t get enough to eat. With the G8 summit being held in the UK on June 17 and 18, the IF Campaign wants to use the opportunity to highlight to world leaders that this is unfair, unjust and totally preventable. “We get food every single day of the week while there are people in the world starving. We need to do something about it,” said Craig Blacknell, 13, one of the S2 pupils involved. “As a generation we are really selfish and this event makes us think twice about the food we eat and the food we waste,” said his classmate Kristie Hindle, 14. “By reducing our lunch for just one day, we are showing the G8 that something needs to be done to address the global hunger problem,” added Bryony Kemp, 14. “It’s good that we are doing something positive rather than continuing to let it happen,” said Evan Benson, 13. “This is the real hunger games – I am hoping young people in Aberdeenshire represent a generation who put pressure on those in power to solve this problem,” said Mrs Garrett. “We hope Aberdeenshire’s response to the IF Campaign will help put pressure on representatives at the G8 to tackle the issues of global poverty. “We also hope it will raise awareness of global citizenship and ways in which to exercise democratic rights. Finally it is an opportunity for us to come together as a wider community to directly reflect on the impact of global hunger.” More information on the IF campaign can be found at: enoughfoodif.org/
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:20:16 +0000
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