St Columbas girls Skipathon

The pupils of St Columbas girls national school in Douglas in Cork held a recent Skipathon, which raised nearly 6,000 euro for the earthquake survivors in Haiti.
 

Deputy principal Marie O Riordan said "I am really proud of you girls for making such an effort to raise so much money for these people."
Paul Mitchell Chief Executive of Seachange Foundation paid a visit to the school to tell the girls of his experience of Haiti before the earthquake.

"Last year when I visited Haiti conditions were so bad as many of the people are living on less than 2 dollars a day and in extreme poverty so I just cant imagine what its like now after the earthquake"

He spent 3 hours with the students answering many questions from all the girls who just had such a feel care and concern for the plight of the people of Haiti.

"The compassion and genuine concern the girls had was just so refreshing and all us adults could learn so much from their selfless actions to help those less well off than themselves"