A team from Ballakermeen High School representing the charity Disability Africa clinched the top spot in this year’s One World Charity Challenge finals event which took place earlier this week.
Performing in front of an invited audience including the Chief Minister and other MHKs and MLCs, charity representatives and families, the finals featured the winning teams from the previous in-school round of the competition at each of the Island’s six secondary schools.
One World Charity Challenge tasks Year 12 students to learn and present about the work of a small international development charity.
Each of the six teams who reached the finals delivered lively presentations about their respective charities, explaining the issues that they were dealing with and the impact their work was having.
One World Charity Challenge winners
Ballakermeen’s team, consisting of Izzy Craig, Mia Degerholm, Lucie Hepworth, Ania Majewska and Liam Bedford, scored highly for their very professional and passionate presentation.
They were also rewarded for their innovative idea of producing a storybook for young people to help raise awareness of the prejudices that can still be held against those with disabilities and the need for inclusivity.
The team won £1,500 in prize money for Disability Africa.
Coming a very close second, and also picking up the AFD Prize for Advocacy, was the team from Castle Rushen High School: Dora Giummri, Lucy Sloane and Amelie Hutchinson who stood in on the night for Freya Gelling.
They were representing Village Africa, a new charity appearing in the Challenge.
Presenting their information in the form of a news bulletin, the team described the vital work of Village Africa in bringing healthcare and education to those living in a remote mountain area of Tanzania.
They won £1,000 for second prize and a further £1,000 from the AFD Advocacy Prize for Village Africa.
Picking up third place was the team from Ramsey Grammar School. Despite only being a team of two – Eireann Crawley and Georgia Sutton – they gave a seamless performance about the work of their chosen charity The Leprosy Mission and how it works to help those afflicted by the disease and also to eradicate leprosy for ever.
They won £750 for The Leprosy Mission.
Runners up in the competition were the teams from King William’s College representing The Virtual Doctors, Queen Elizabeth II High School representing Pump Aid and St Ninian’s High School representing Self Help Africa.
All three teams won £500 each for their charities.
The judges for this year’s competition were Jesamine Kelly, Phil Gawne, Michael Manning, and Dr Christa McCartney.
Anyone interested in funding future editions of the One World Charity Challenge should contact Wendy Shimmin at the One World Centre.
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