We are members of a school-based volunteer service organisation called
"Young Leaders". The name of our school is the George Charles Secondary School (on the Caribbean island of St.Lucia), hence the group is named the
George Charles Secondary School Young Leaders (GCSS-YL).
The GCSS-YL has organised a series of projects this year, one of which was
the observance of Oct 17, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
Due to several factors, we decided to observe the day on the Friday (Oct 18th).
The activities for the day included:
1) Hosting of a school assembly, consisting of Prayers, testimonials, skits, reading of the: "I Bear Witness to You" Speech, singing of appropriate
songs, a moment of silence and a speech explaining "What is Poverty"
2) A 1 mile march (approximately), was held in and around the vicinity of the school in total silence, to pay tribute to the poor and to illustrate
the lack of voice & representation that the poor have around the world
3) A cake & ice-cream sale was hosted at the school during the day to raise funds for the 6 other projects we have planned for the school year
(please see attached photos)
We would like to extend our solidarity to you and to all groups/ agencies/
organizations involved in poverty eradication around the world. Rest assured that we will do our part here in St.Lucia to respond to
the problem of poverty. We will certainly keep you informed of the other projects that we are doing, when we get to them.
We eagerly await a responce from your group, so that we will know for certain that a channel of communication has indeed been opened.
Yours truly,
The George Charles Secondary School Young Leaders