By Rebecca Attias, year 11
“A good cause all the way to the finish line.” This is the inspirational motto used by the “Save the Children Club” which works hard to help those in need.
Here at LGB, three founders Amelia Melo, Alexia Hibner, and Chloe Phillip, all year 12, decided to start a project that would help globally. Starting the club at LGB made them the first “Save the Children” club in Switzerland, and their plan is to keep growing and make their club known.
The girls were inspired by one of the founder’s parents who was already familiar with this project and therefore decided to take it into their hands and start it at our school. After speaking with one of the founders, Alexia said that the thing that really made her want to start Save the Children at school was that it wasn’t like any other project where raising money was the main objective, but that there were lots of ways to help; such as sponsoring a child and more. The founders enjoyed the idea of helping children in education, medicine, and equality; things that most students at LGB are privileged to have, and, therefore, the club at LGB was started.
Save the Children itself is an organisation established in the United Kingdom in 1919 and they work to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, aid during emergencies, and more. This organisation wants to ensure that every child is granted the rights that they deserve to have in life since many were born without them simply because of where they come from. Cases like these happen all around the world and there are so many ways, in different countries, for different reasons, that one can help.
The founders’ main idea was that each week they would study a specific case study of a global issue and with the club, they would then research ways to help. Amelia, Alexia, and Chloe got into contact with the “Save the Children” organisation and they are actively working with the “Save the Children” headquarters in Switzerland to find ways they can help. The representative of “Save the Children” in Switzerland has supported these students in finding ways to help, for instance, by buying school supplies and giving to those in need. This is simply one idea of many that the club has thought of to try and change the typical views of an organisation that relies only on fundraising, but to find other solutions to give back.
“Save the Children Club” at LGB meets once a week on Wednesdays during the school’s lunchtime (12:40 to 13:20) in the Centre des Arts (Room RO7). If anyone is interested in finding out more about Save the Children or is interested in helping out, they can follow “Save the Children Club” at LGB’s Instagram page (@savethechildren.lgb) or research more on the “Save the Children” website (https://www.savethechildren.net/).
“It is truly a great way to help give back what you already have,” says Alexia Hibner.
Photo credits: https://www.chsalliance.org/about/our-members/save-the-children-international/
