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20<strong>06</strong> 40 Hour Famine<br />
Leadership Camp<br />
In late January this<br />
year four students from<br />
Mount Aspiring College<br />
attended the 20<strong>06</strong> 40<br />
Hour Famine Leadership<br />
Camp in Lyttelton, just<br />
out of Christchurch.<br />
Hannah Beaufoy, Whitney<br />
Mulqueen, Rose Adams<br />
and Laura Ferguson met<br />
at the camp ready for<br />
a fun, inspirational and<br />
information filled weekend.<br />
At first everyone was very<br />
shy and only stuck by<br />
the people they already<br />
knew, but after a quick<br />
introductory talk we played<br />
a few games to help us<br />
all ‘break the ice’ and<br />
get to know each other<br />
a bit better. During the<br />
rest of the weekend we<br />
took part in many more<br />
activities and listened to<br />
many inspirational and eye opening<br />
speeches from a few famous New<br />
Zealanders, all of which blew us away<br />
and left us speechless. Each of these<br />
gave us a chance to see things from<br />
the perspective of people suffering<br />
in poverty all around the world. The<br />
emotional impact we felt gave us<br />
greater motivation to go home and<br />
try as hard as we could to encourage<br />
our schools to get involved and raise<br />
as much money as possible by all<br />
doing the famine. This camp also<br />
provided us with a lot of skills like time<br />
management, working as a team and<br />
leadership skills.<br />
Overall, a great weekend with the<br />
World Vision crew and other students<br />
from around the South Island.<br />
Rose Adams and Laura Ferguson<br />
The theme for 20<strong>06</strong> was ‘Spread<br />
the Word’ and the actual Famine<br />
was held on the weekend of the<br />
17-19 March. The college was ably<br />
assisted by an enthusiastic committee<br />
comprising Rosie Adams, Harriet<br />
Beattie, Hannah Beaufoy, Sophie<br />
Brown, Phoebe Crawford, Laura<br />
Ferguson and Whitney Mulqueen.<br />
The College raised over $7000 which<br />
was another fantastic effort involving<br />
the commitment from students, staff<br />
and the local community. The money<br />
raised was sent to India, Cambodia,<br />
Rwanda and many other countries to<br />
release children from bonded labour<br />
and give them an education so they<br />
can learn and have choices for their<br />
future.<br />
Thank you to Mr Turnbull for<br />
all the encouragement you<br />
gave to the 20<strong>06</strong><br />
40 Hour Famine<br />
Committee this year.<br />
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