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Bury Lawn School Students give presentation to
Dr Phyllis Starkey MP

The Toybox team were priveledged to witness seven students from Bury Lawn School, Milton Keynes given a presentation about the situation of street children in Latin America on Friday 11th December. Also present was the MP for Milton Keynes South, Dr Phyllis Starkey.

Watch the video and read about the event from the MK Citizen

The team, Tom, Esther, Annette, Nicola, Alex, Nathan and Kynan were set the task of designing and developing their own awareness-raising campaign about street children in Latin America.

They gave a heartfelt presentation filled with stats, stories and street children. Having researched the presentation for 6 weeks as part of their global citizenship classes, the students said that they really enjoyed the experience and are keen to continue supporting street children in the future.

Dr Starkey said to the students "We are all members of the human race. We do and should have a sense of responsibility, one for another in our own country and across the world."

The students were presented with certificates to mark their hard work and participation, presented to them by Dr Starkey.

Dr Phyllis Starkey with Andy Stockbridge

Andy Stockbirdge, Toybox Chief Executive said "Toybox is delighted that Dr Starkey could join us, and we are very happy to have found another ally in support of the most disadvantaged children living on the street."

The Toybox Team were really pleased with the time and effort that the Bury Lawn group put in and look forward to seeing them again soon!

Watch the video and read about the event from the MK Citizen

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