天美传媒 students raise over 拢1,000 with daily five mile trek
Fri 04 April, 2014
A TEAM of Child and Adolescent Studies students at the 天美传媒 have raised more than 拢1,000 by walking five miles every day for a week.
The eleven-strong group took part in charity CARE International鈥檚 Walk In Her Shoes campaign, which is raising awareness of women and girls in poverty in developing countries who have to walk vast distances every day to collect water.
The campaign is also focused on building safe water sources closer to where families live in in developing countries so that families can drink clean water and women and girls have the time to go to school.
The challenge, set by the charity, was to walk 10,000 steps a day for seven days 鈥 the equivalent (on average) of a 90 minute, or five mile, walk every day.
Collectively, the girls achieved 385 miles.
鈥淲e did really struggle to hit 10,000 steps a day,鈥 explained Course Coordinator Liesl Conradie, who also joined the challenge, which 鈥渨asn't easy鈥.
鈥淭his campaign was picked because, students and staff from the Child and Adolescent Studies programme, we aim to focus on children and young people and aspects that impact on their childhoods 鈥 not just in this country but worldwide.
鈥淚t is important for us to realise how different some children's realities are. We will all work with children and young people who have had different experiences than our own.鈥
Student Angelique Treacy added: 鈥淪ubscribing to this charity has been a challenge and effectively, an eye opener. It鈥檚 heart-breaking to consider that many children are forced to miss out on educative opportunities just to keep hydrated; this should be a right for everyone. When reminiscing about the process of the 10,000 steps a day, it is vital that we consider the conditions and limited resources in which children in Africa travel.鈥
Fellow student Alexa Rosen said she took part to show support, and help begin change the world for young people who walk miles every day and who may never get a proper education.
鈥淏ecause I found the experience difficult, it made me want to do it much more because I always had in the back of my mind these girls don鈥檛 get a break, they walk further and they don鈥檛 moan,鈥 added participant Kiri Elberts.
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