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What we
are, in a few
honest pages.

The Human Side is a student-led social initiative — held by Edenwoods Eduhub Foundation, run from The Elden Heights School, and quietly committed to showing up long after the headlines move on.

Wide team / drive dayPortrait / candidDetail shot
— Who we are

A small circle, a wide door.

The Human Side began the way most honest things do — with a handful of people in a room, slightly embarrassed about how often they'd said "someone should do something"and never been the someone.

We're a student-run initiative inside The Elden Heights School, with the institutional backing and long view of the Edenwoods Eduhub Foundation. We meet on Saturdays. We plan a drive a month. We try, sometimes badly, to do work that doesn't end the moment someone takes a photograph.

We are not professionals at this. We are students learning what care looks like in practice — what it costs, who it actually serves, and how to keep doing it after the initial excitement wears off. That last part is the whole point.

— What we work on

Four pillars. One promise.

The work moves where the conversations move. These four pillars are where it lives most consistently — the threads we'll keep returning to, term after term.

i.

Women's Empowerment

Workshops, mentorship circles, and partnerships with organisations already doing the work — focused on resources, agency, and listening.

ii.

Awareness & Safety

Conversations on consent, harassment, and reporting — run with professionals, never preachy, kept honest by the students who lead them.

iii.

Environment

Trees in soil, plastic out of canteens, repair instead of replace. Small audits, posted publicly, every term.

iv.

Charity & Community

Book drives, meal kits, visits to shelters and old-age homes — the unglamorous weekly work of being a neighbour.

— Our short history

From a classroom, outward.

2025 · Late

The first conversation

A small group of students start meeting on Saturdays — at first to vent, then to plan. The phrase "the side that still cares" comes out of one of those meetings, half-joking.

First meeting
2026 · January

Held by Edenwoods

Edenwoods Eduhub Foundation takes the initiative under its umbrella — giving it a legal home, funding rails, and the freedom to stay student-led.

Foundation signing
2026 · February

The first drives

Two small drives, on campus and at a partner shelter. They're imperfect. They go ahead anyway. Half of being honest is being willing to start before you're ready.

First drive
Now

This page

The initiative is open — to students, parents, faculty, and friends of the school. The website is here so you can find us, and so we can keep showing our working.

This moment
— A few small questions

Asked honestly, answered the same way.

01

Who can join?

Anyone from the school community to begin with — students, parents, faculty, alumni. As we find our feet, the door opens wider. If you're reading this and unsure, that already means yes.

02

Is this a charity, an NGO, or a school club?

It's a social initiative held by Edenwoods Eduhub Foundation. Practically, that means we have the legal and financial backbone of a foundation, but the rhythm and energy of a school programme.

03

How do you decide what to work on?

We listen. Students raise something; we ask the people who'd be most affected; we look at what's already being done well; and we pick our share. The four pillars are the rough shape — but the specifics change with the work.

04

Can I donate?

Yes — through the Edenwoods Eduhub Foundation. The Get Involved page has the details, and we're happy to talk to anyone who wants to know how the money is used. Transparency is the deal.

— Now what

Read enough?
Come do something.

The next page is the practical one — how to volunteer, how to donate, and the small list of things we always need help with.