Students at Wilmslow High School have raised £1000 during a week-long series of activities to support the Pakistan Flood Appeal.
Students and staff donated second hand clothing which will be sold by Islamic Relief in the UK, the money raised will then be used to help not only those whose lives have been devastated by the recent floods in Pakistan, but people in need elsewhere.
During assemblies led by Miss Layla Rajah, Curriculum Team Leader for Social Studies, students were presented with images of the devastation and asked to consider how they could help, even though they live so far away.
The activities undertaken by the students included sales of freshly baked cakes at break time, freshly made Pakistani snacks at lunch time and the sale of Krispy Creme doughnuts. The students also spelt out 'Pakistan Flood Relief' with spare change in the Sports Hall.
Mrs Gill Bremner, Head Teacher said, "The staff and students have really responded well to this appeal, they wanted to do something that would help immediately. It's amazing how many clothes we can donate, which will help make a real difference to people's lives in Pakistan."
Islamic Relief picked up all the clothes kindly donated by the school's staff and students on Friday, 17th September.
Hamayoon Sultan of Islamic Relief commented, "By collecting the clothes and then selling them here we are saving the cost of chartering planes and paying people to transport the goods.
"The money raised from selling the clothes will be used to buy clothing and other things locally. This not only helps the poor, but it also helps to stimulate the local economy by helping the businesses from whom we buy our aid items."
Councillor Afzal Khan and the Consulate General of Pakistan, Ehsan Ullah Batth, also visited the school on Friday. As the money continued to pour in Councillor Afzal Khan said, "I am absolutely delighted with the effort that school has put into fund raising and with the amount of money that has been raised.
"This has been one of the worst humanitarian crises, the floods have affected over 20 million people with billions of pounds damage to the economy and infrastructure of the country which will take years to recover. It is important that we continue to show our support for the victims of these floods."
