UOI guest speaker - FRIENDS International

As part of our UOI into "How we organise ourselves" we had James from Friends International come and talk to the grade 4 children.
He talked to them about how Friends markets themselves as a social business. He explained that their core work is working to help children and families get off the street. To help fund this they rely on donations from donors as well as what they sell in their shops. The funds they raise go back into their organisation to help support children and families.

His biggest message to the children was if they want to help the best way they can is to ignore the children begging and to purchase items from their shops as the money goes directly back into Friends International
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Friends International

Lisa from Friends International who is their marketing and product designer talked about their biggest seller the paper bead necklace and bracelets.

She talked about how they train adults to make these products in their homes and then friends buys it off them. The women then make enough money to feed and support their families. Lisa then got the children to come up with some new designs that they could create with the paper beads. Some very cleaver designs.