The Fred Hollows Foundation is calling for nominations for the 2024 Humanity Award and is searching for Year 6 students who demonstrate compassion, integrity and kindness towards others.
Since 2012, The Foundation’s Humanity Award has celebrated more than 2,000 students who have made a positive difference in their community, and this year, the search has now started in Queensland.
To mark what would have been Fred’s 95th birthday this year, nominations opened on April 9.
One Junior Ambassador from each state and territory will then be named at a ceremony during Term 4 of the school year.
The Foundation will recognise a Queensland Junior Ambassador, who will be able to extend their humanity by allocating $5,000, to help The Foundation end avoidable blindness.
Parents, teachers, principals, and community members around the country can nominate a child in Year 6 who is making a difference in their world or following in Fred’s footsteps at www.hollows.org/humanityaward before Sunday 21 July.