Richmond College provide hope for Haiti

Below is a revised article for something I wrote in May 2010. A year after the event I thought I would share my first ever article with you!

Dancers began the charity event

A HOST of students performed in the Hope for Haiti! event to raise money for UNICEF at Richmond upon Thames College on Wednesday 28th April.

The evening featured an array of talent from thrilling musical numbers, powerful dances and a successful comedic performance raising a total of £350.

Students and staff of the college attended the evening in order to raise money and awareness for the earthquake that struck the Caribbean country on 12 January 2010.

The poverty ridden country was hit with a magnitude of 8.0 causing over 220,000 deaths and more than 300,000 injuries. 30 per cent of Haiti's population have been affected and around 1.3 million people are still in emergency shelters in need of desperate help.

Various talentend musicians performed

A range of local teenagers performed in order to present the variety of talent from the community.

Maanik Chadda, a Richmond upon Thames College student, organised the event after being devastated by the situation to which the country was forced upon:

“I could not believe that the country was in such debt, poverty and corruption before the earthquake. Alike many, the disaster really opened my eyes to want to help as much as I could.

“It was heart-warming to see so many people willing to help the cause by donating, performing and attending.”

Maanik decided to take action and managed to produce an evening of entertainment thanks to help from students and staff of the college.

The first act of the show featured several dance performances choreographed by the students themselves.

A variety of musical displays were shown throughout the first two acts; featuring solo's, duets and a rock band.

The evening was complete in the third act with an A2 drama self-choreographed exam performance entitled 'The Manor of Farce'.

The A2 Drama piece was a fitting end to the night

Several local businesses provided refreshments for the two intervals in-between the acts. 

A raffle with prizes donated by students and small businesses was drawn at the beginning of the third act.

The night ended with great applause and appreciation from the audience and performers.

A similar, slightly re-written article was published on Richmond upon Thames College's website on Friday 28th May 2010. However, the publisher made some pretty bad errors! It is available here: http://www.richmond-utcoll.ac.uk/events/scrapbook/currentNews.asp?subnav=11#00254

A short article was also published by a reporter in The Informer's Friday 28th May 2010 edition.