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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL |
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Upper sixth-former Phoebe Heaton writes:
"Our aim within Amnesty International is to raise awareness of international issues within the school, and raise money through various fundraisers so we can hopefully change the lives of people who are less fortunate, and whose countries are overrun with corruption.
We meet once a week, where we plan methods to raise awareness throughout the school, either by creating large boards, and putting up various posters, or organising events where every pupil has the opportunity to donate a small sum, which can go a long way for other people.
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Colston's Amnesty International group with their first "awareness" board,
from left to right Birju Urmileche, Dave Bromley, Phoebe Heaton, Philip Box & Miles Bates |
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Every half term we change the campaign in focus, as we have the potential to address a broad variety of international affairs. At the moment we are focussing on the current political corruption in Burma, and hope to inform the school of the fact that now over 2,200 innocent activists are being held as political prisoners. We hope to join the efforts, and add our voice to help the prisoners be released from this brutal political regime, and let their corrupt government know how many people are against their ruling.
We are also currently addressing women’s rights in Afghanistan, and with the younger years, joining them in the opportunity to design a kite; supporting the campaign ‘Kites For Women’s Rights’, a discrimination and oppression, which continues to confront women living in the Taliban occupied areas of Afghanistan.
At Amnesty International, we agree that it is easier to turn a blind eye to the current issues which are dominating and corrupting millions of people’s lives, but putting in the effort can aid so many people who are voicing their opinion like us. So we have decided to act upon this, and teach students of their reality, and do all we can to help raise money which could potentially save thousands of lives, and enable others to have just a small amount of the political, social and domestic freedom which we have.
The Amnesty International Organisation currently includes: Jake Nowak, Philip Box, Kirsty Foster, Phoebe Heaton, Dave Bromley, Birju Urmileche and Miles Bates, yet every week we are attracting more and more supporters."
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