Social Justice – NHS & Ayui

The Ayui Foundation provides a hostel

and educational support for poor, vulnerable, at-risk, ethnic Akha hilltribe teenagers, promoting the importance of education. The stories behind the kids are heart breaking, but you wouldn’t know it from what you see. This is thanks to the wonderful work of Sumalee Milne, the director of the Ayui Foundation. She was awarded an OAM this year in recognition of her work.

NHS linked into the Ayui Foundation in 2013 when a philanthropic group raised about $10,000 that went to building a Bedroom, two Bathrooms, a rice hut and two storage rooms. There was also money left over to buy blankets for all the families in a hill tribe village, tracksuits for all the Ayui students and sponsoring one of the students for a year.

In 2014/15 Mr U. and his family volunteered at the foundation while living in Chiang Rai.

In 2015 students from the 2013 trip helped raise another $1000 for the Foundation.

In 2016 a new social justice group will form stronger connections with the Ayui Foundation as well as help out in local community groups.

Want to help?

“Buy a cup of coffee” for the Ayui Foundation.

Or better still go to https://www.peopleschoicecu.com.au/northcote-high-school and buy some lottery tickets. 2 tickets cost the same as a coffee in Northcote.

The money from the online tickets will go to the Ayui foundation to help with the construction of the new boys’ hostel. There are great prizes to be won and every dollar spent on tickets is given back to NHS.

Any individual that purchases tickets has a chance to win the equivalent of their tickets purchased (up to the value of $40). For your chance to win be the first person (kids are allowed to answer of behalf of their parents) to name all the current NHS teachers and students who feature in the Ayui newsletters http://www.ayuifoundation.org/ . You need to tick the box  “Let Northcote High School know who I am” so the extra tickets can be purchased in your name.

The answer needs to be given to Mr U. before the end of term 1.

Note tickets purchased online have a double chance to win a car, with an early bird draw happening mid April. The main draw is in October.  The information collected online by peoples choice is to be able to notify the winner, and won’t be used for any other purpose.

Mr  Donal Uahwatanasakul