Budding entrepreneurs at a Garston school have raised more than £200 to support a Cambodian orphan, by selling environmentally friendly stationery.
Some 190 Year 10 students from Parmiter's School, in High Elms Lane, were tasked to create a range of recycled products as part of a business activity programme organised by the charity The Paper Trail.
The teams set up companies to produce an array of items, which were then sold and marketed to Year 7 and 8 pupils during their lunch break.
The money raised will help Soki, a 12-year-old orphan from the Sunrise Village Orphanage, near Phnom Pen, who Parmiter's have sponsored since he was nine.
Student Sutaria Nishma said: "It's been a fun way of focusing on the need to preserve our planet."
Emma Lim added: "Recycling is so important and the company we formed, Moo Cards, is dedicated to reinforcing that."
The challenge also had an impact on Joel Holford. He said: "It has definitely changed my view of business. I now see it is a lot more challenging to make money than I previously thought.
"The day really portrayed the idea that one man's waste is another man's gold. Thinking about it, so many things can be recycled or reused to save the fragile environment which we depend on - all it takes is a little enterprise."
Parmiter's is one of 300 schools involved in The Paper Trail's recycling scheme; they donate their waste paper to the Apsley-based mill and then receive 100 per cent recycled paper as part of a reward scheme.
Rosemary Franklin, Head of Careers at Parmiter's School, said: "Enterprise is essentially about calculated risk taking. With growing awareness of increasing competition in the global economy and market place, the day was planned to enable students to discover and develop their enterprise and business skills, from concept through manufacture to marketing and sales.
"The outcome was phenomenal with product development going hand in hand with personal development, with the result that the money raised will make a real difference to the Cambodian orphan we sponsor."
Hugo Van Kempen from The Paper Trail added: "We feel genuinely privileged to have worked with such a delightful group of talented students and caring staff.
"Their enthusiasm and engagement with the enterprise activity was reflected in the exceptional range of quality stationery products, all produced and sold in a single day.
"We struck a rich vein of young entrepreneurs at Parmiter's."
For more information, telephone Hugh Van Kempen on 01442 234600.
Some 190 Year 10 students from Parmiter's School, in High Elms Lane, were tasked to create a range of recycled products as part of a business activity programme organised by the charity The Paper Trail.
The teams set up companies to produce an array of items, which were then sold and marketed to Year 7 and 8 pupils during their lunch break.
The money raised will help Soki, a 12-year-old orphan from the Sunrise Village Orphanage, near Phnom Pen, who Parmiter's have sponsored since he was nine.
Student Sutaria Nishma said: "It's been a fun way of focusing on the need to preserve our planet."
Emma Lim added: "Recycling is so important and the company we formed, Moo Cards, is dedicated to reinforcing that."
The challenge also had an impact on Joel Holford. He said: "It has definitely changed my view of business. I now see it is a lot more challenging to make money than I previously thought.
"The day really portrayed the idea that one man's waste is another man's gold. Thinking about it, so many things can be recycled or reused to save the fragile environment which we depend on - all it takes is a little enterprise."
Parmiter's is one of 300 schools involved in The Paper Trail's recycling scheme; they donate their waste paper to the Apsley-based mill and then receive 100 per cent recycled paper as part of a reward scheme.
Rosemary Franklin, Head of Careers at Parmiter's School, said: "Enterprise is essentially about calculated risk taking. With growing awareness of increasing competition in the global economy and market place, the day was planned to enable students to discover and develop their enterprise and business skills, from concept through manufacture to marketing and sales.
"The outcome was phenomenal with product development going hand in hand with personal development, with the result that the money raised will make a real difference to the Cambodian orphan we sponsor."
Hugo Van Kempen from The Paper Trail added: "We feel genuinely privileged to have worked with such a delightful group of talented students and caring staff.
"Their enthusiasm and engagement with the enterprise activity was reflected in the exceptional range of quality stationery products, all produced and sold in a single day.
"We struck a rich vein of young entrepreneurs at Parmiter's."
For more information, telephone Hugh Van Kempen on 01442 234600.
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