2010 Overview
6 03 2011
HSBC Prize Winning Photo
2010 was an exciting year for the UNE SIFE team. The projects from 2009, including the Minimbah project, ADC and Farming Futures were carried into 2010. SIFE Australia added a special competition called the Can Hunger Challenge to the Australian SIFE program. SIFE UNE won second prize in this competition for it’s urgent hunger relief appeal.
The Minimbah project received a grant from HSBC and gained the support of New England Mutual to introduce a financial literacy program to the school. A photo of the Minimbah project won the team $500 when it was awarded second prize in the HSBC World photo competition in April. The team sourced 30 boxes of books from the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) as part of their share-a-book campaign which led to a visit from childrens author Libby Hathorn and a film crew to launch the ALNF’s campaign in September.
2010 UNE SIFE team at the National Competition
The National SIFE Competition was held in Melbourne and once again SIFE UNE performed well. Taliska Kiebat and Nicala Rayner presented the Minimbah project in the HSBC Financial Literacy competition and Sally Hatton represented the team in Top to Future Top. Heather Smith, Jo Grogan, Nicole Fogarty and Merri Knox presented in the main round of competition. The team proceeded through to the semi-final round where they were up against The University of Western Australia and The University of Melbourne who went on to be placed first and second in the final round.
Nicole Fogarty and Priscilla Fisher were awarded scholarships by the regional SIFE coordinator to travel to the SIFE World Cup in Anaheim, LA in October. It was a valuable experience for them individually as well as for the team. They saw the best teams in the world present their projects over three days. Nicole and Priscilla returned from the World Cup inspired to make 2011 SIFE UNE’s most successful year to date.
Nicole Fogarty getting to know SIFE members from other countries at the World Cup
