Duchess of York’s charity gets £2.8m boost to send thousands more to school

Campaign funding: Duchess of York
Evelyn Fey
Ben Morgan19 July 2019

The Duchess of York expressed her delight today after revealing that her charity has raised £2.8 million to send thousands of children to school in some of the world’s poorest counties.

The duchess, a patron of the London-based charity Street Child, said the Count Me In campaign had amassed £1.4 million from the public — which was doubled in match-funding from the Government.

The appeal, supported by the Evening Standard, was launched in November.

The charity wants to build thousands of new schools to give millions of vulnerable children access to education.

As part of the campaign, the Evening Standard visited Sierra Leone with the duchess this year to see newly constructed schools and meet pupils.

The duchess said: “Street Child will be able to help thousands more children go to school and learn.”

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