Elly Roadley, a Year 6 student from Whangaparāoa School, has been named the Fred Hollows Foundation NZ’s Humanity Awards 2021 Junior Ambassador.
The awards are open to all NZ Year 6 students and are part of a global movement created to acknowledge children striving to make the world around them better.
More than 40 nominations were received and 10-year-old Elly’s nomination from her teacher, Hamish Ross, stood out because of Elly’s compassionate nature and selfless acts.
This includes raising money for charity.
“Since I was doing some jobs to earn money, I thought I could give it to other people because I’d have some spare,” Elly says. “It’s really nice we can do stuff for other people so they don’t have to be blind.”
Elly receives $5000 from Specsavers, which can be donated to a Fred Hollows Foundation NZ Pacific programme of her choice. She received her award at a school assembly on October 21.
