A seven-year-old boy has raised more than £60,000 to help survivors of the Haitian earthquake after seeing images of children being pulled alive from the rubble.
Charlie Simpson was so upset by the devastation wrought by the earthquake that he told his mother he wanted to do anything he could to help. The boy set out to raise £500 for Unicef's Haiti appeal by riding his bike five miles around his local park – but the schoolboy's efforts inspired hundreds of people online who donated a total of more than £60,000 in just one day.
Charlie, from Fulham, west London, said: ''I just think it was quite sad when I saw the pictures on the TV.'' He asked his mother Leonora to help him create a sponsorship form and added: ''We sent it out on to the web and it just went everywhere.''
Reading this story brought tears of emotion to my eyes. A good feel story.
2 comments:
what a lovely story a whata lovely boy,his parents must be so proud of him.
chris
It shows there is still hope in the world :-)
Post a Comment