About 20 students joined staff at the Davoren Park school in September to assemble 200 Clean Birth Kits for women giving birth in low-resource and remote communities around the world.
The students helped fund the kits themselves by collecting and recycling cans, combining environmental responsibility with practical action to support cleaner, safer births.
Compass Catholic Community provides an alternative education pathway for young people aged 17 to 24 who have faced barriers in mainstream education, employment or other areas of their lives.
The Assembly Day gave students the chance to learn about global inequality and maternal health while seeing how a series of small, local actions – collecting a can, raising funds and packing a kit – can contribute to meaningful change.
Each Clean Birth Kit contains six simple items needed to support a clean birth: a plastic sheet, soap, gloves, gauze, cord ties and a clean blade.
Compass Catholic Community Learning Facilitator Sarah Cornelius said the Assembly Day reflected the school’s commitment to helping young people recognise their ability to make a difference.
“At Compass, we believe every person has inherent dignity and worth,” she said.
“Participating in the Birthing Kit Foundation Assembly Day allows our students to put that belief into action, contributing to safer childbirth outcomes for women they may never meet, while learning that local actions can create meaningful global change.”
The Assembly Day also encouraged students to consider the importance of solidarity, compassion and social responsibility – values they were able to put into practice while working together to pack the 200 kits.