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Verdala Queen’s Young Leaders Group commemorate Mental Illness Awareness Week

submitted by St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Shaun Portelli  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Mental Illness Awareness Week is commemorated from the 6th till the 12th of October and this year, World Mental Health Day and National Depression Screening Day is commemorated on the 10th of October. On Wednesday October 9, 2019, St. Margaret College Verdala School Queen’s Young Leaders Group assembled with their group founder and teacher, Martin Azzopardi sdc, to raise awareness about mental health among students at school.



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Raising an awareness campaign about breast cancer at school during the Pink October Campaign

submitted by St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Daishan Psaila, Emerson Bugeja, Jean Vella, Tiernan Fraser  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

St. Margaret College Verdala School Queen’s Young Leaders Group assembled with their group founder teacher, Martin Azzopardi sdc, to launch an awareness campaign research study about breast cancer as part of the Pink Colour Ribbon Campaign. Inspired by the speeches of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, St. Margaret College Queen’s Young Leaders Group highlights the importance of awareness about breast cancer while stressing prevention.



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Shift to Glass

submitted by ALP Paola : Jake Grech  for 15-18
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended, Finalist

Plastic is killing animals and polluting our world. Our country is becoming dirtier by the second. Let us shift to glass as it is reusable and may be the cure for a healthier planet.



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Shift to Glass

submitted by ALP Paola : Liam Cremona  for 15-18
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: 2nd place Litter less Campaign, Best YREstayshome Award, Finalist, YREstayshome International Award

People look in a mirror to see a desired reflection of themselves. The plastic bottle is looking at the mirror knowing that the right choice is being reflected back as a glass bottle.



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Applied Science CCP students create awareness about the risks of extra sugar in our daily diets

submitted by St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Bonnici Raiza, Decelis Luca, Knaan Gaze, Zammit Kaylon  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

A group of Applied Science CCP students launched a project to create awareness about the risks of extra sugar in our daily diets. Students found that extra sugar in our daily diets has many negative health effects.



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COVID-19

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate School : Danielle Jourdan  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: YREstayshome

undoubtedly it is of utmost importance to protect our heath during this pandemic, but who will protect the environment? #disposables



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The Unwanted

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate School : Angelique Borg  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

We tend to remove the ‘unwanted’ weeds from roads and pavements, but what about the unwanted garbage?



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Plastic is the new tree?

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate School : Jeanette Micallef  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Plastic is a problem caused by luxury as it is not only harmful to the environment and to our health but also to our future. We as consumers have a big responsibility when it comes to consumption patterns especially buying disposable plastics.



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We care, do you?

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate School : Jeanette Micallef  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

A local protest against cutting and killing trees to widen roads which is a short term solution to the current traffic problem with harmful impact on our wellbeing; especially considering the air pollution problem in Malta and the ever increasing number of vehicles on a daily basis.



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Muticulturalism in Malta

submitted by St Clare's College Pembroke Secondary : Luke Graham Cassar  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, Social Media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

In this project, I will firstly discuss the circumstances causing the increase of multiculturalism in Maltese society owing to the influx of foreigners. I will then analyse a study by a local newspaper that found that some Maltese young people are resisting this shift in society towards a more inclusive and diverse society. I have interviewed a number of students at the school I attend, St Clare College Secondary, to ascertain or negate the findings of the newspaper’s study.



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