| Canada Youth Celebrates Coming of Age by Helping Others |
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| Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:07 |
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"Coming of age" ceremonies for girls are a common way for families to celebrate their daughters and honor womanhood. The events, celebrated with great traditions, pomp, and feast are usually whole-day events, either hosted at the girl's home or in a banquet facility. During these ceremonies the 'little princess' will be showered with gifts of cash and jewels by her extended family and friends. But Vishali Ratnam, a 6th grade student of Thomas Wells Public School in Scarborough, ON, Canada decided to make a change in the trend. Instead of receiving gifts for herself she decided to donate all collections from her day-of-celebrations to a good cause.
IMHO stood out to the family from other mainstream NGOs due to the fact that it is almost entirely a volunteer organization and therefore it became an easy "selling point" for Vishali to broadcast her initiative. The objective of the novel idea, enabled by her parents and supported by extended family and friends, is to encourage other community members to do the same during traditional events. Vishali's day was hugely successful in collecting CDN$9,000 towards IMHO's initiatives. The funds were handed over on August 29th to IMHO Canada representatives by Vishali and her family (please see photo below). According to Vishali, "I've got everything: peace, love and plenty to eat--so now it's time to assist the less fortunate". |
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