Helping out … Footscray City College students have joined forces with the I Give a Buck Foundation to help five-year-old Joshua Posumah, who has cerebal palsy. 64852
By Charlene Gatt
FOOTSCRAY City College students will be using their social networking skills for the next month to spread the word about a little boy in need.
The year nine students have joined forces with the I Give a Buck Foundation to help five-year-old Joshua Posumah, who suffers from a range of conditions including cerebal palsy, an intellectual disability and seizures.
Joshua needs round-the-clock care and uses a wheelchair to get around. He can say a few words, but communicates mainly through a book.
This year, Joshua started going to Belmore School, a school for kids with disabilities.
He is also doing one day a week at Charles La Trobe College in Macleod West to improve his interaction with other children.
There’s one hitch: in order to sit at a regular school table with his new school friends, he needs a special chair that costs over $1100.
The Footscray City College students will be getting online for the next four weeks to encourage everyone they know to donate anything – even just a buck – to buy the chair and an iPad to aid his communication.
“We are so excited and humbled by the commitment being shown by this group of students,” Liat Harrower from the I Give a Buck Foundation said.
“Too often we hear about the perils of kids and social networking, but here we have a great example of the amazing things they’ve thought to use it for.
“It’s such a good fit – kids are at ease with the technology and know the power of social networking.”
To donate, go to www.igiveabuck.org.au/appeals
