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On Wednesday 26th September, St George’s will be hosting its very first ‘Sewing Selfless Seeds’ event, a charitable occasion that inspires acts of kindness. During this event the School will be introducing FIVE inspirational guest speakers; Nimesh Patel better known as Nimo, Princess Tessy of Luxembourg and St George’s Alumni, Georgios Stefanos Pnevmatikakis, Educational & Positive Coach, Angie Robinson and children's author, Natalie Savvides.

Nimo, a renowned humanitarian and soulful hip-hop musician will be kicking the event off by a ‘TEDx type’ talk focusing on values dear to us all: compassion, gratitude and universal love. Nimo, has released a new genre of hip-hop that encompasses his values, he will be sharing these inspiring songs and stories from his well-known Empty Hands Music.

Tessy Antony, Princess of Luxembourg, will be giving a talk on gratitude and appreciation. Tessy will talk about her involvement in charities and NGOs, specifically the charity she co-founded ‘Professors Without Borders’, a social enterprise that specialises in university education that aims to bridge the educational divide between countries as well as between students and their teachers.

St George’s will also be welcoming back one of its alumni, Georgios Stefanos, who is head coach and part of the Special Olympics Luxembourg basketball team. The Special Olympics Luxembourg creates opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities of all ages to have fun and be part of a team sport. Georgios is also a Full-Stack developer, aiming to use technological progression to improve people’s experience in their everyday.

Angie Robinson, will address the research in psychology that shows the link between kindness and wellbeing. She will look at the evidence from the research that shows how kindness and contributing to the world beyond ourselves is a high predictor of long term individual and group wellbeing. The benefits are evident throughout our lives and can start at a very young age. Angie will also talk about how these random acts of kindness and contributing to others beyond ourselves improves our own wellbeing but also how it is received, translated and modelled within the wider community, and the compounded positive impact it can have. Angie will share her ideas of how we can all introduce Positive Psychological Interventions (PPI's) into our daily lives to promote kindness. 

Children's author, Natalie Savvides best known for 'Meet Henrietta Heartbeat', will talk about how her children have encouraged her to take action to make the world we live in a happier, more friendly and loving place.

This event aims to inspire goodness and help people see how simple acts of selflessness can impact the world in such a positive way. In the run up to this event St George’s students will be taking part in a 21 Day Challenge of Random Acts of Kindness.

The Sowing Selfless Seeds event is open to the public and is free of charge, however there will be a collection box for each of the charities on the door, should you wish to give a donation. Please click here to reserve a seat.