Junior students at Wenona School in North Sydney took a hands and hearts approach to help Hi-5 launch World Vision Smiles Day on Wednesday 25 May, 2011.
By taking part in Smiles Day, students from nearly 1,000 primary schools across Australia had the opportunity to learn more about the issues of global poverty and work together to make a difference.
Wenona School gave their junior students a very practical lesson. Through their Henny Penny Hatching program, students have been observing the hatching process of chickens, and their teachers have been educating them on how chickens are useful in communities supported through World Vision programs.
For every chicken that hatched, students bought a chicken from our Smiles Gift Catalogue to help families and communities in developing countries. On Smiles Day, the Head of the Junior School, David Browne, doubled the students’ contributions, so they could buy 32 chickens from the Smiles Catalogue.
"Wenona School is thrilled to be supporting World Vision’s Smiles Day,” said David Browne. “Our motto
‘Ut Prosim’ means
‘that I may serve’ and it’s wonderful to see our students doing just that. We’re
'all smiles' as we support this great cause."
Smiles gifts purchased by schools for Smiles Day will support World Vision programs that focus on agriculture and the environment, health, water and sanitation, education and training, emergency relief, Indigenous communities, and protecting children from exploitation.
Hi-5 are World Vision Ambassadors.