The Noosaville State School community recently rode out and stepped up to raise funds and awareness for World Bicycle Relief.
The students walked over 4.6km from the Tewantin Skate Park to Noosaville State School to demonstrate and raise awareness of the average distance students in Malawi, walk to and from primary school.
Noosaville State School Deputy Principal Alasdair Scott said, “To encourage more students to walk, ride, scoot or skate to school, we are getting behind World Bicycle Relief.“
“The Environmental School Leaders are driving Noosa Council’s Go Noosa Schools program and have been coming up with different ideas to raise awareness of sustainable travel options for our students.”
Noosaville State School Student Council Leader, Julius said, “We want to raise enough money to buy some bikes so disadvantaged students in Malawi, can go to school too.“
The day’s activities will include a dress up your hat/helmet day to help raise funds for the cause.
World Bicycle Relief is using pedal power to remove distance as a barrier to getting an education.
The international, non-profit organisation specialises in large-scale, comprehensive bicycle distribution programs to aid poverty relief in developing countries around the world.
Over 70 per cent of the bikes gifted are to girl students, to provide them with an equal opportunity to fulfil their potential and break the cycle of poverty.
By providing students in developing countries with bikes to travel the long journey to and from school, they have more time for learning and increases attendance, retention and classroom performance.
“We would like to thank everyone who participated or donated, including parents, the Go Noosa Schools program and Senior Constable Jessica Phillips from the Adopt a Cop program,“ Mr Scott said.
To find out more information or to donate to Noosaville State Schools fundraising efforts visit noosavilless.eq.edu.au/
For more information on Noosa Council’s, Go Noosa Schools program visit www.noosa.qld.gov.au/community/transport-and-roads/transport/go-noosa-schools
For more information on World Bicycle Relief visit worldbicyclerelief.org
