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A
survey carried out by Save the Children has found
that 79% of seven to 14-year-olds wish that
they could do more to help people affected by
issues such as hunger, climate change,
conflict and the pandemic. Save the
Children is an organisation that
helps children around the world.
Young people’s desire to help
others has been called a “cool
to be kind attitude” and some
people have described them as
“generation generosity”.
A total of 5,171 people aged
seven to 14 in the UK were included
in the survey. It revealed that 68% want
to raise money to ensure that children in the
UK and around the world have enough to eat.
The survey was published to highlight Save theChildren’s fundraising campaign, called The Fun
Raisers, which is supported by Julia Donaldson,
author of The Gruffalo. It gives young people
under the age of 11 the chance to do
activities, such as baking, swimming
or putting on a show, to raise
money to help other children.
At the campaign launch, Save
the Children’s Lisa Abrey said,
“Our ambition to make the
world a better place for children
simply couldn’t happen without
young people’s efforts.”
A number of young people have
already raised money for Fun Raisers,
including Lily (10) from Wiltshire who
raised £1,500 to help Ukrainian children by doing a
100-mile triathlon (running, cycling and swimming).IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR...
HELPING A
GIRAFFE CALF
A three-month-old
giraffe calf called Msituni
has learned how to walk
after she was given leg
braces by zookeepers
at San Diego Zoo, in the
US. When she was born,
Msituni’s front legs were
bending in the wrong
direction, making it
difficult for her to walk
and move around. The
braces have corrected
the movement of her legs and she can now
walk without them.THE CITY OF BRADFORD
Bradford, in West Yorkshire, has been
named the UK’s City of Culture 2025, beating
three other candidates – County Durham,
Southampton and Wrexham. The year-long
culture festival is a chance for cities to boost
tourism and create opportunities for local
people. Bradford will take over from the
current city of culture, Coventry.Young people want to help others
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European Union bans
Russian oil imports
RUNNING A CENTURY OF MARATHONS
On 2 June, Fay Cunningham and Emma Petrie,
from Scotland, completed their goal to run
106 marathons in 106 days. They have run
2,777 miles in total and have raised £25,
for charity. They are hoping their challenge
will be recognised as a new world record.Protesters call to
ban Russian oil.The Week Junior readers Phoebe and
Lois raised money for a foodbank.Oscar and Barnaby
make pin badges.T
he European Union (EU), a group of 27 countries
that work and trade together, has agreed to stop
its members from buying oil that Russia sends by sea.
After talks in Brussels, Belgium, where the EU has
its headquarters, the organisation agreed to ban all
Russian oil that arrives by ship. That’s about 75% of
the oil that Russia sells in the EU.
However, Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán,
persuaded the EU not to ban Russian oil that comes
through a pipeline to Hungary, Slovakia and the
Czech Republic. Poland and Germany said they won’t
use Russian oil that comes through the pipeline.
Charles Michel, the president of the European Council,
has said that the ban cuts “a huge source of financing
for Russia’s war machine” against Ukraine.
On 6 June, the UK announced new support to
help Ukraine defend itself. The UK Government
plans to send long-range missile systems, which fire
rockets that can travel 50 miles, for Ukrainian forces
to use against the Russian military. The UK’s Defence
Secretary, Ben Wallace, said, “The UK stands with
Ukraine and is taking a leading role in supplying its
heroic troops with the vital weapons they need to
defend their country from unprovoked invasion.”The duo complete
the final marathon.Bradford
celebrates.This week’s big news
11 June 2022 • The Week Junior
GOOD WORK
Since Save the Children
was founded in 1919,
it has helped change the
lives of more than one
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