SIXTH formers at Upton High School managed to raise an amazing £2,440 in just four days to help street children in India.
The sixth form have a fundraising drive every year and this time chose to help fund a centre for homeless street children in Bihar State in India.
The Rescue Junction project is one of many coordinated by the Global Giving charity.
Upton High’s sixth formers wanted to aid a charity that would help disadvantaged children in a less developed part of the world.
India is home to the world’s largest population of street children, estimated at 18 million. The charity compliments the school’s humanities specialism which involves many international links.
The students gave presentations to all the other students in the school to gain their support for the charity.
To raise the money they organised a staff-student football match, hired themselves as slaves to members of staff who needed jobs doing and made and sold cakes each day.
They also sold badges and ran a guitar hero competition.
There were also events by individual people such as the upper sixth student Matt Morley, who decided to recruit sponsors for a skydive, his 18th birthday present, and raised more than £200 for his jump.
The finale was the traditional sixth form fancy dress day which really boosted the funds on the last day of the charity week.
