Letters from the heart

Monday next is International Human Rights Day. Colette Sheridan sees how a letter, written with love and compassion, can change a life forever

THE pupils of a Cork national school know that Christmas time is not just about writing letters to Santa.

One eight-year-old pupil of Whitegate National School is, along with her classmates, campaigning against the eviction of householders from Banga We, Angola, South Africa as part of an Amnesty International Ireland human rights programme that operates in over 200 primary and secondary schools around Ireland.