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Juniper School To Hold "WE" Event Friday

Juniper School is hosting a WE event this Friday, April 27th, to help raise awareness about the lack of clean drinking water around the world.

 

Winter Ross, a grade seven student from Juniper School and a member of their Student Council, spoke to Arctic Radio News about the event.

 

She said that the walk, which will be led by Student Council and teachers, will follow the Cree Road/ Thompson Drive loop going past R.D. Parker, the school board office and KFC before returning to Juniper School.

 

Ross said that the lack of accessible clean drinking water is not only a problem faced by countries in Africa, but that it’s something that happens in our own neighbouring communities.

 

In addition to the WE walk, Juniper School is raising funds to build a well in Kenya. Ross said that it will cost $5,000 and that they have been able to raise $1,000 so far this year.

She added that the focus has been on Kenya this year as some teachers from her school will be going there this summer. The teachers will be there to build a school to help make education more accessible to all.

 

The WE charity is a worldwide development charity and youth empowerment movement that was founded in 1995 by Marc and Craig Kielburger. It was original known as Free The Children, but changed their name in 2015 following the success of WE Day events which launched in 2007.

 

The full interview with Winter Ross and Arctic Radio’s Sue O’Brien will air on 102.9 CHTM tomorrow afternoon as a “Thompson Today” segment at 12:40pm and 5:10pm.

 

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