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CHILDREN from St Edburg's Church of England Primary School in Bicester visited Oxfam's humanitarian warehouse to present the charity with a cheque for £1,000.
The children, aged five to 11 raised the money for the charity's Nepal appeal following the earthquakes in April and May.
After hearing of the disaster in a school assembly, the school pupil council met and talked about how they could help.
They decided that every class would hold its own event to fundraise, ranging from sponsored silences to triathlons.
The school is attended by just 150 children and this is the largest amount the school has fundraised to date. Head Teacher Margaret Kunzer said "After the first earthquake, we talked to the children about what had happened in our assembly.
The children then talked about it and told us that they wanted to raise money and help.
Our school often discusses how everyone can make a difference and it's wonderful that the children took this message on board and led the way on the fundraising". Oxfam and its partners are working in seven of the worst-hit districts in Nepal.
So far the charity has helped more than 270,000 people and is aiming to reach 400,000 by the end of August.
As well as distributing tarpaulins, hygiene kits, food and clean water, it has been supporting farmers to sow new crops for the coming year. St Edburg's pupil Alfie, aged 10 said: "We all worked as hard as possible to raise the most money we could because we really wanted to show our support and help as much as possible."The children presented their giant cheque to Jon Hanson, Oxfam Finance Officer who is about to travel to Nepal.
He spoke to the children about how their money will be spent and showed them the water and sanitation equipment in the warehouse that would be send out in an emergency. Lisa Rutherford, UK Regional Media Manager said "I was in Nepal after the earthquake and saw first-hand how donations enabled Oxfam to provide clean water, hygiene kits, tarpaulins, emergency toilets and food assistance to people who were forced to live in camps after their homes were destroyed.
It's wonderful that the children have raised money to help people and we are really grateful for all their fundraising efforts".