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Students at Ecole St. Patrick High School recently raised money to send to countries to help repair damages and support families who have suffered through Hurricane Fiona and the flood in Pakistan.
An estimated 33 million people were impacted by these severe weather events, which is around the population of Canada, and two million homes have been destroyed from the flood in Pakistan.
It has been estimated to cost $10 billion to fix damages, and aid Pakistan.
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Athar was the student who led the fundraiser for the flood in Pakistan and Hurricane Fiona, which devastated portions of CanadaSA国际影视传媒檚 East Coast in late September.
She is a part of a well-known school volunteering group called Interact. The students filled up three huge jars with candy and invited people to guess how many candies were in the jar. They set up in the rock area of the school during lunch and anyone could go up and take a guess for $1.
During the period before lunch, a small group of older students would hold up signs in classroom windows to help remind others about the guessing going on in the rock area.
This SA国际影视传媒渃andy campaignSA国际影视传媒� was really important to Athar and to Interact. There is an incredible amount of flooding in Pakistan, to the extent that one-third of the country is under water. Pakistan is larger than Alberta.
Athar spoke about how they needed an estimated $700 million to help fix the damages caused by Hurricane Fiona. Houses and various other private properties have been destroyed. Trees and vegetation have been damaged.
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For only a few 40-minute lunch periods, $200 is an incredible amount.
They wrapped up the fundraising challenge by announcing the winners of the three massive jars of candy.
