Friday, September 2, 2016

2016 Hunger Banquet

Ecology club members worked with AP Environmental Science students (Phil Hua-Pham, Jocelyn Gonzalez, Charley Rasmussen, Rianne Parr, Faraz Hashmi, Jordimar Ariaga, Amal Sheth, Rene, Suban Chuhadry, Salman Chuhadry) to organize a fundraiser and awareness campaign for global poverty and environmental issues.   Students, teachers, and community members were invited to join either the low, middle, or high-income part of the world to experience what life is like for those of us who go without.  As you can see in the video below and Bugle article written up by a reporter who attended, this simulation made a big impact on people. There were even five children in the audience, several of whom spoke at the end about how eye-opening this was. I'm extremely proud of my students for their execution on this!

This event followed the Oxfam Hunger Banquet model to highlight the disparity in access to food and resources between low income and high income groups. This fundraiser was part of a greater effort to unite our school through one common initiative - adopting a Kenyan Village. Various clubs at Maine East worked hard to raise over $4,000.  Through this year-long effort  the Maine East Global Initiative project has been working alongside Free the Children in order to bring education, clean water, food security, and healthcare to these Kenyans in need.