Students make a world of change
LLANELLI students have been addressing global issues such as poverty, inequality and the importance of recycling.
Students at Coleg Sir Gâr have taken part in a week of events highlighting the problems.
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Students from across the college joined a global campaign to take action against poverty and inequality at the Llanelli campus.
They watched a video by singer and rap star John Legend which featured celebrities putting their names to Stand Up Take Action — a campaign which saw 43.7 million supporters taking part in various events last year.
This year, the students were part of 116 million people taking part in the campaign to remind government worldwide of the millennium development goals — a global plan involving 189 countries that have signed up to end poverty by 2015.
Performing arts students took the stage with a performance entitled Ein Byd (our world) — highlighting global issues and local attitudes.
Music technology students created a stomp-style event to encourage use of a recycling initiative. They created music by using their hands and recycling bins as drums.
Coleg Sir Gâr's Steve Kelshaw said: "It was great to see so many students supporting social and global issues.
"Young people are showing they care, and are prepared to do something about issues such as climate change and poverty."
Comments
by Bob Hinton, Kidwelly
Friday, January 16 2009, 9:39AM
“What utter nonsense! Jumping around on a stage does not show that you care about anything ¿ it just shows you can make a noise.
If these students really care about those less fortunate than themselves, why not do something that really makes a difference. Volunteer to work one evening a week at a residential or nursing home, cleaning and other worthwhile tasks. Or how about doing the gardening for those people who can no longer manage to do it themselves. No I didn¿t think there would be many signing up to this!”