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Students Design T-shirts for Charity

Tuesday 20th of February 2007 07:45:15 PM

Students from Carnegie Mellon University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA gathered together to create T-Shirts that will be sold to raise money for refugee groups in different countries. The group, FORGE, which stands for ‘Facilitating, Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment, was started in 2003 at Stanford University, which is located in California, USA. Many students who volunteered their time to create T-Shirts belong to this group.

“The goal of this event is to raise awareness and provide funds to buy blankets and education material for refugees, mostly Congolese, in Africa that are currently staying in the camps of Zambia, including the Meheba refugee camp. The profits will be used to buy blankets and provide educational support for refugees in Zambia. We hope to raise more funds at the Baridi Night and buy blankets for 500 families,” said Kate Edgar, a student at Carnegie Mellon who helped start a chapter of FORGE at the college.

Baridi night is a larger fundraising event that will be hosted by many chapters of FORGE in April.

Since many refugees are without basic supplies, clothing, blankets, and other necessities, the T-Shirts were sold to help raise money for those who do not have enough of these items to survive. T-shirts were sold to students and will be sold to the general public next week.

Said Poamrong Rith, a student who volunteered, ““I wasn’t aware of this issue before. I stopped by after seeing the posters that were put up around campus, but now I know a lot more. It is much more personalized than usual shirt-selling events. It gives you a chance to show creativity, and it is actually fun. There is a lot of dedication in each shirt and each one is special.”

(c)Miroslav Saricka, www.sxc.hu