Feast for
Freedom
Service learning is an integral feature of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) at HVGS. Our goal is for students to see themselves as global citizens and to understand and acknowledge the impact that offering their time to serve, has on others. At HVGS, service learning allows students to: • • • •
identify their own strengths and areas for growth, while enhancing the common good recognise the skills of working collaboratively engage with issues of global significance
consider the ethics of choices and actions.
In Year 8, students work within their Mentor groups on a rotation of activities to learn about asylum seekers in Australia and across the world. As part of their Service in Action unit students complete four rotations, one of which includes cooking and preparing meal packs for the Feast for Freedom. These meal packs are then sold to parents and staff to fundraise for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC).
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What is the Feast for Freedom? The Feast for Freedom is an annual event coordinated by the ASRC. Like the Biggest Morning Tea, people are encouraged to register their business or group and fundraise to raise awareness for the challenges asylum seekers face in Australia. HVGS adapted the program with the support of the ASRC, to develop our own fundraiser. Students were provided with a variety of traditional recipes from countries where asylum seekers come from and started cooking their recipes. Barrington cooked Sri Lankan cuisine; Watagan enjoyed Indian cooking; Liverpool created an East African feast, and Gloucester loved Lebanese.
