To support international World Food and No Poverty days, on the 16th and 17th of October, the MUN Impact team at the American International School of Chennai focused on three main aspects: 1. Reducing our food waste, 2. Spreading awareness of the issue, and 3. Conducting a food drive.
On October 16th and 17th, we began our student-led ‘No Poverty, Yes Food!’ initiative to raise awareness about poverty and hunger that is greatly affecting many people in our Chennai community. In our school, we displayed informative billboards, and asked students and members of our school to write about possible solutions and habits that they might start implementing to eradicate the issue of poverty and hunger. We also asked them to wear an orange ribbon to show their support, and displayed a United Nations video regarding poverty on all the televisions around campus to further encourage people to take meaningful actions.
Lastly, we placed donation boxes throughout campus and collected non-perishable food items to donate to a local orphanage named Seva Samajam Children’s Home – Guild of Service. On October 24th, a few members of the MUN Impact group had the opportunity to visit the orphanage to meet the children, and to deliver the donated food items.