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Close to their hearts.........Minara begum, Hameera bibi, John Meara, Shazad Farooq and Rizwan Aslam count the cash raised for unicef
Close to their hearts.........Minara begum, Hameera bibi, John Meara, Shazad Farooq and Rizwan Aslam count the cash raised for unicef
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Shocked teenagers raise money for victims of child trafficking


5/11/2007

SHOCKED at the plight of children across the globe, a group of Rochdale teenagers got to work to raise cash for the charity Unicef.

The Falinge Park High School pupils had been researching child trafficking and were shocked to learn that 1.2 million children worldwide are affected, with many ending up in the sex trade or even as ‘slave’ workers.

So a group of students packed bags at Asda supermarket and raised a total of £190.

They also started raising awareness of the issue by handing out pamphlets to pupils.

Teacher John Meara said: "Spurred on by the importance of issues regarding human rights, especially the rights of children, the students are also going to start a Unicef group at Falinge Park to continue raising awareness and funds for the various and important campaigns the charity runs to help those less fortunate."

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