The Apprentice and Countdown star Nick Hewer has hailed the announcement the UK government is to match donations to Street Child’s Christmas appeal.
The government said it will match eligible donations to the appeal between December 15 and January 31 up to £500,000.
The first £225,000 donated will also be matched by From Babies with Love, Boodles, and an anonymous donor, tripling the impact for children who need it most.
The appeal is raising funds to provide education to marginalised children around the world where help is desperately needed.
Hewer, an ambassador for the charity, said: “Thanks to generous match funding from the UK government and additional match funders, every pound donated will be tripled, massively multiplying the impact for children who need support the most.
“Education can unlock children’s full potential and lift communities out of poverty, yet millions of children around the world are denied this basic right. This Christmas, people in the UK have the opportunity to make a difference through Street Child, an inspiring charity working to provide education for marginalised children in the poorest countries.”
Over 72 million children are currently out of school because of conflict, climate change and cost of living crises around the world.
100 per cent of eligible match funding from the UK government will go directly toward a Street Child project in Sierra Leone, which will help thousands of vulnerable children attend and stay in school.
Public donations will go toward Street Child’s work around the world to see children safe, inschool and learning.
Minister for Development, Andrew Mitchell said:“Education is a ladder out of poverty in Northern Sierra Leone but many children, particularly girls and those with disabilities, are forced to leave school before they should.”
To donate please go to www.street-child.org
