by the charity group's trustees and organisers, with the announcement that over $30,000 was raised last year.

Child Aid secretary Ms Clare Hatcher said: "We were all particularly struck this year by the involvement of and awareness of Bermuda's children who touched our hearts with their generosity and love for children so far away from here.'' Some $3,000 will be donated to the Prison Fellowship for prisoners' children and UNICEF will receive the bulk of the proceeds, which will directly fund United Nations Children's Fund projects in Somalia and the former Yugoslavia.