Globally, 1 in 10 people don't have access to clean drinking water!

During September, Dominique Elliott, Jude Mann, Laksheya Dayashanker, Likhita Kalagotla, Yousouf Palitanawala and Henry Lim, from the Brentwood Green Team signed up for the ‘Safe Water September’ challenge to raise funds and change the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves. Through the efforts of these members and the generous donors, we have managed to raise an astounding, $1200 for this cause! Despite being in lock down, through the power of social media and the school and wider community, we were able to reach our ambitious goal.

https://safewaterseptember.org.au/t/greenteam

We want to greatly thank all the staff, students, parents, family members, and everyone else who supported us through our journey. This is an acknowledgement to all the amazing people who donated to our team or to one of the members that took part in this challenge: June Thein, Robyn Clark, Ja Deely, Xeina, Stella, Elly, Isabelle, Melissa, Cy, Geraldine, Amelie, Che, Irene & Blythe, Jordana, Sam, Elise Thien, Heather, Catherine and Steven, Patrick, Kristy, Sophie, Vasanthamala, Meena, Anthea, Clayton, Daya, Andrea, Sophie, Venkata Kalva. Thank you to all the anonymous donors too!

This challenge was quite fun and interesting for me, because I was excited and intrigued by the idea of being able to help people by giving up some of own privileges. However, it was quite challenging at times when I was tempted to having a hot chocolate on those cold, wintery nights. I persevered to stay honest to the promise I made. Every Monday, if someone donated $25 to me, then I was able to have a ‘cheat day’. This is when I was able to have one drink that was not water and gave us an opportunity to promote this day to our social medias, to gain more donations. Overall, this challenge gave me a new perspective into what it is like for people not having access to clean water as I learned more about the issue, and I am glad I was able to play a small role in contributing to providing clean, accessible water for all.

A huge thank you to everyone in our Brentwood community for donating to us and to this cause, which allowed us in raising $1200.