A young boy from Basingstoke has managed to raise more than £600 in support of the people affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
Raphael Pinto heard the news of the disaster on the radio on his way back from Basingstoke Hospital’s fracture clinic, where he was being treated for a broken arm.
Upon learning of the thousands affected, the eight-year-old said he wanted to raise money in aid of the people left homeless by the tropical cyclone, which hit the Philippines’ central islands on November 8.
Since Raphael’s broken arm would prevent him from undertaking many other physical challenges, it was decided that he would go ‘geocaching’ – an outdoor sport in which participants seek hidden containers using a device capable of monitoring GPS coordinates.
The containers, or ‘geocaches’, typically contain a logbook, allowing the finder to enter their name and the date they located the package.
For schools across the region, fundraising activities are a source of pride and the charitable feats of students can be showcased through a number of services, such as poster and banner printing, provided by professional Print companies in Basingstoke.
As part of his fundraising mission, Raphael successfully located a loop of more than two dozen caches hidden across an extensive series of footpaths in the rural areas near his home.
The youngster, who attends Fairfields Primary School on Council Road, has raised £624 through sponsors. According to the Basingstoke Gazette, he said that the disaster was “terrible” and that he wanted to help in some way.
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