April 18th, 2023Kind smalls sought for junior ambassador role

The Fred Hollows Foundation is searching for a new Junior Ambassador among year six students in Victoria as part of the 2023 Humanity Award.

The award celebrates children who show compassion, integrity and kindness
in their everyday lives.

Whether it’s helping others, supporting good causes or volunteering, no act of kindness is too small to acknowledge.

In 2022, Matilda Goodbourn, of Emmaus Catholic Primary School in Ballarat, was nominated by
her little sister for shining a light on social justice issues.

Inspired by The Big Issue magazine, Matilda created her own social justice publication for kids, The Little Issue.

Matilda, is a remarkably community-focused young woman.

Matilda created the ‘Little Issue’ magazine for kids to understand the ‘big issues’ of the world and she donates all proceeds to her local soup bus in Ballarat.

A few years ago Matilda asked her parents to buy a copy of the ‘Big Issue’. She had many questions after reading it, but first on her mind was why there wasn’t a version for kids.

Matilda then set herself to work creating her own. She finished the first issue when she was just 8 years old.
This year’s nominations close on July 21. Link: www.hollows.org/au/humanityaward