Every hoodie helps children in need
A group comprised of excited business students at an east Auckland school is among the six local regional finalists in this year’s Young Enterprise Scheme (YES).
The scheme is designed to give Kiwi students the experience of starting and running their own business.
Ormiston Senior College pupils Aahana Sharma, Armaan Hora, Maanvi Prakash, Gloria Prasad, and Aarav Verma are taking part this year.
Their group, Viti Initiative, has created a boardgame named ‘Bula Earthy’ to donate to underprivileged children in Fiji with the goal of promoting environmental education.
The students want to offer Fijian children a “cherished educational tool that’s otherwise out of reach for them”.
Their project involves designing and selling hoodies online for $45 each, with the money going toward producing and distributing the boardgames.
Four of the group’s members are from Fiji and they say they’ve seen the struggles faced by the children they want to help.
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