For the past four weeks, the careers room at Al Siraat College in the outer Melbourne suburb of Epping has been transformed into a student-driven gift box production line.
And still the donations keep coming as the deadline for gathering children's presents to send to Syria approaches.
Masterminding the operation is maths and science teacher Noori Ahmad.
'Girls, make sure there is no food, no lollies, no chocolate, no licorice and no military toys in any of the boxes at all," she tells her students.
Boxes from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will be shipped out to the Middle East by the end of next month. Source: SBS News
Ms Ahmad estimates the boxes produced at the school for children of all ages have topped one thousand.
"As you can see they're still coming in," she said.
"I have about 300 boxes at my own residence and I have got about 40 boxes in my car that I haven't unloaded yet."
It's part of an Australia-wide 'Shoebox4Syria' campaign, that aims to provide gifts for refugee camps in Syria.
Boxes from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will be shipped out to the Middle East by the end of next month and it's hoped the gifts will be in the hands of displaced Syrian children in time for the Eid festival in June - the celebration that marks the end of Ramadan.
It's hoped Syrian refugees like seven year-old Mohammed will enjoy gifts sent from Australian students in the "Shoebox4Syria" campaign. Source: UNHCR
The aim is to produce more than twenty thousand boxes from Australia.
Al Siraat College student council Year 12 representative Bilal Adnan said he and fellow students were keen to get involved.
"We felt that we could help, even if it's in a small way, just to bring a smile to their faces," he said.
For student, Osama Akkad, it's a campaign close to his heart, having fled Syria with his family.
'It's about helping my brothers and sisters in my country back there and letting them experience how we experience Eid here," he said.
Source: SBS News
It's a project that's captivated pupils of all ages, who have learned of the devastating impact of the Syrian crisis.
Year 6 student Mariam Moeladawilah is one of them.
"It really hurts deep down because we know we are more fortunate and yet we always want more than we have and we know that they always have less than us."
