A BUDE-based author and weight plan consultant has raised £180 for charity which supports water projects in Kenya.

Cambridge Weight Plan Consultant Anne Marsh, held a charity book signing session at Spencer Thorn Books in Bude on Saturday.

Anne undertook fundraising for the Just a Drop charity and recently visited projects in Kenya to see where the funds are spent. Upon her return she wrote a children's story with curriculum inked activities to raise further funds for Makuena County, Kenya.

She said: "I spoke to parents, grandparents, teachers and children who were surprised to discover that the children in Kenya could not attend school unless they had five litres of clean water to take with them. Everyone was very generous and it will make such a difference."

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