SCHOOL students raised more than £2,500 with a fasting and sleep over event.
Grays Convent High School, College Avenue, Grays held the event to raise money for the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development and the school’s twin schools in Dar es Saalam in Tanzania.
Penny Johnson, headteacher at the school said: “As always our Year 11 girls have stepped up to the plate when it comes to supporting their sisters at home and in other countries.
“I am incredibly proud of them!”
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