During the month of May, the Southbank International School in London raised nearly £600 for ABC Trust, by hosting two football related events.

The first one was a set of football activities designed by the Brazilian children, especially for the International Night, which is an annual event at the school celebrating diversity in the school community. It was the perfect place to talk about the work we do at ABC Trust and raise awareness for the problems faced by the street children in Brazil. Over 60 children and parents joined the fun and helped raise funds in support of the Street Child World Cup project.

Then on May 14th, Southbank hosted a football shuffle tournament at the Kensington Leisure Centre. Nine teams of 7 players, parents, teachers and children ages 5-11 dressed up and played football to raise money for the Street Child World Cup project that ABC is currently involved in. The teams were awarded prizes for Best Costume, Most Active and Most Sportsman like. It was a huge success and by the end of the tournament almost 100 people had gathered to celebrate the winners and hear more about ABC Trust from ABC’s representative Lydia who came down to see the end of the matches.

This is a great example of how communities can get together, have fun and raise funds for ABC at the same time as teaching children about the serious issues faced by many children and young people in Brazil so that they can take action in the future. We would like to thank the overwhelming support of the Southbank community and we hope that this will inspire others to do the same.

Student Fashion Show raised £2000

KPK entertainment run by a group of young rising entrepreneurs recently produced an impressive fashion show at the Mayfair Hotel, which included live entertainment & was filmed by Fashion TV and and had coverage on BBC Radio.

Led Zepellin exhibition raised £1800

Annie Hollinshead from Stevenage was inspired by ABC patron Jimmy Page and organised a Led Zeppelin Memorabilia Exhibition at Knebworth as a tribute to the band for what they have given to millions of fans around the world.

'5 for Favela' Brazilian music night raised £1300

Georgina Townsend from the University of Manchester enlisted the help of all her friends and contacts to produce a spectacular Brazilian music night in a Manchester club in aid of ABC—Lily Hastings Bass Memorial Fund.

8 year old Samuel raised £325

Samuel Lodge from Hertfordshire dedicated his 8th Birthday to street children in Brazil after learning about the plight of these children through ABC film. He requested donations instead of gifts at his first Holy Communion.