A pupil from a primary school in Nottingham has raised over £2,000 to help people in Pakistan following the recent heavy flooding in the country.
Eleven-year-old Year Six student Ifra Chaudhary attends the Firbeck Academy in Wollaton – part of the Nova Education Trust – and decided to set up a cake stall to help raise funds.Widespread flooding in Pakistan has seen nearly 1,700 people lose their lives and more than 2,000 hospitals and health centres were damaged or destroyed.
Her outstanding fundraising efforts have earned her a visit to the Consulate of Pakistan in Birmingham.
Sem Cao, Head Teacher at Firbeck, said: “Ifra wrote me an impassioned letter about wanting to do something for the people suffering in Pakistan due to the floods.
“I wrote back to her saying that the school and I would fully support her to do this.
“She then took it upon herself to enlist help from her peers to disseminate the message of what she wanted to do and how.”
Ifra and her friends then stood up in front of the whole school to present an assembly about the floods in Pakistan.
They asked for donations for her cake stall and then advertised and set up the event with help from staff and classmates.
Donations came in not only from staff and families from the school but ex-pupils and teachers too.
Sem Cao added: “I am very proud to say that Ifra is a pupil at Firbeck Academy.
“She has spearheaded an event for an incredible cause. She will no doubt be a future leader.”
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