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Dublin Students Raise $1K For Sierra Leone By Recycling
The money will help build a school and irrigation system in Sierra Leone, Africa.
DUBLIN, CA — A Dublin High School club raised nearly $1,000 to support Sierra Leone, Africa by collecting recycling from neighbors.
The school's ME to WE Club held a "Trick or Trash" event on Halloween and drove about Dublin, conducting contactless pick-ups of plastic bags containing recyclables. They cashed in at local recycling plants.
More than 11,000 recyclables were collected at the end of the day, said club President Shrey Raj.
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The money will go toward building a school and irrigation system in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone's civil war was responsible for the destruction of 1,270 schools, according to Africa.com. Two in five Sierra Leone residents are literate.
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Learn more about the ME to WE club's efforts to support Sierra Leone children here.
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