STUDENTS and their families at Catherine McAuley Catholic Primary School joined fundraising efforts to help people affected by last week’s earthquake in Nepal on Tuesday.
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Uniforms were left in the cupboard and children turned up to school in a variety of colourful outfits and raised $2629.70 for the cause and the school will contribute extra with the final amount yet to be determined.
Principal Michael Croke said some parents donated above and beyond the gold coin required for the out of uniform day.
“They’ve all been very generous,” Mr Croke said.
“They’ve learnt a lot about Nepal [in class], they know all about the earthquake.
“A few of the teachers and parents have been to Nepal ... two students, their grandmother was in Nepal last week as part of an Orange Rotary visit.”
Liam Hurley, 11, is one of the students who has had a parent visit Nepal for a holiday when his dad went there before Liam was born.
“We gave money to Nepal so we can help them rebuild their houses and cities so they can live a normal life like us,” Liam said.
Sophie Beatty, 11, also supported the cause.
“It’s good because we are going to help them with what happened, it feels good,” Sophie said.
“We’ve been talking about it sometimes, we talked about it in class and it’s sad for us because they don’t have much money and when they get this money it’s going to feel good for them.”
The money will be donated to foreign aid organisation Caritas to reconstruct Nepal, provide food, shelter and clothing.
Mr Croke said Orange businesses and anyone from the community can also donate money at the school for it to be passed on to Caritas.
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