Two young sisters from Oreston cooked up a fantastic charity bake sale to help children in Kenya.
Sisters Maggie and Ivy Pearce, aged eight and four, made a splash with their charity bake sale on Sunday March 5.
Their Nanny had told them about a family friend Revd Roger Carter who has, for the past 20 years, worked tirelessly for the people of Kisumu, Kenya with the Wilderness Trust Ministries. They wanted to know how they could help.
They learned that a donation of just £7 would send a child to school for a whole year. So Maggie had the idea to put on a bake sale to raise some money, hoping to be able to help one or two children get an education.
The girls spent a whole afternoon baking and then set up a stall on their driveway on Sunday morning. Their Mum, Laura, posted about it on the village Facebook page and waited.
Within minutes the generous residents of Oreston were there, queueing for their cake, donations in hand. The girls had such a good response, they sold all of their cakes and raised an amazing £135.90 within an hour!
Friends, family and neighbours were still wanting to donate after hearing about the sale, so the girls and their Mum set up a GoFundMe page.
At the time of going to press the girls’ fund had increased to £270, all for the children of Kisumu to get an education. It means 38 children can now go to school for a year thanks to the girls and all of the donors.
The Wilderness Trust Ministries was established by the Revd Roger Carter in 1999 to improve the life of children in Kisumu by helping with education, health and housing. The charity’s motto is ‘Together we can make a difference.’ It is run purely by unpaid volunteers which enables the charity to spend every single penny raised on projects rather than administration.
A huge well done to Maggie and Ivy on their fundraising success which will make a big difference for the children in Kenya.
To help raise more funds for the charity visit gofund.me/b7a838e9.
For more information on the charity visit www.wildernesstrustministries.com
