{"id":7586,"date":"2024-12-08T22:49:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T22:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&#038;p=7586"},"modified":"2024-12-08T22:49:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T22:49:49","slug":"fshs-amnesty-committee","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/fshs-amnesty-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"FSHS Amnesty Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amnesty Committee has organised a <\/span><b>Christmas Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in collaboration with Addison Road Community Organisation\u2019s \u2018<\/span><b>Hampers of Hope<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019. From <\/span><b>25th November &#8211; 6th December,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> all Fort Street students are encouraged to support the program and bring their donations to the Amnesty Christmas tree in the <\/span><b>office <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from 8:00-8:45 am.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These donations can include <\/span><b>non-perishable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> food items (e.g. tinned fruit\/vegetables, nuts), small <\/span><b>gourmet food <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">items (e.g. biscuits, jam) or small <\/span><b>gifts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(e.g. novels, basic stationery), and every item makes a drastic difference in improving the livelihood of struggling families during the holiday season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Addison Road Community Organisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, located in Marrickville, is a vital community organisation in the Inner West, running various initiatives for human rights and <\/span><b>food relief<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> within the community, such as the \u2018Hampers of Hope\u2019 program. Amnesty International\u2019s vision for the world is that everyone can enjoy human rights and experience equality, freedom and justice, a key element of which is <\/span><b>food security.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Hampers of Hope program contributes to this overarching goal by offering<\/span><b> free hampers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for households <\/span><b>struggling <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to support their families, which brings joy with food and gifts during the Christmas season. <\/span><b>15.5%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of children in NSW live in households that struggle to pay rent and afford health care, adding to food insecurity within families. Access to food is a basic human right, and nutrition is especially crucial during childhood development, emphasising the need to donate to the Hampers of Hope program to provide much-needed <\/span><b>resources <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to the <\/span><b>community<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evie Cairns (Year 8)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty Committee has organised a Christmas Drive in collaboration with Addison Road Community Organisation\u2019s \u2018Hampers of Hope\u2019. From 25th November &#8211; 6th December, all Fort Street students are encouraged to support the program and bring their donations to the Amnesty Christmas tree in the office from 8:00-8:45 am.\u00a0 These donations can include non-perishable food items [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-7586","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/7586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}