Mao Nishioka, Janelle Galos, Paulina Cuadrado and Chrissea Cheesman got to voice their thoughts on some global issues during the pilot Champions of Change programme. Youth from Ashburton College got to voice their concerns and ideas about tackling some global, and national, issues during a Champions of Change pilot programme at the school. The programme, led by Kanuka Mid Canterbury Regeneration Trust community connector Angela Cushnie, got the students brainstorming over, not just environmental issues, but those involving people too. The Kanuka Trust, through supporting schools such as the college, hoped to build, and strengthen, the link between young people, their community and the region. The programme was sponsored by the Kanuka Trust and the Ashburton Licensing Trust.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 08, 2019 00:22 UTC