I FELT I should write in my position as Executive Director of the United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF, to congratulate your newspaper and its readers for your wonderful achievement in raising more than £27,684 for children affected by the recent floods in Mozambique.

There can be nobody in this country that has not been moved by the plight of the Mozambican people who have lost their homes, their belongings, their sources of income and, in some cases, members of their family.

The UK Committee for UNICEF has been overwhelmed by the scale of public response to our appeal. UNICEF continues to help families and communities rebuild their lives after this tragic natural disaster.

I can say with true conviction that through the response of Lancashire Evening Telegraph readers, children's lives have been saved.

DAVID BULL, Executive Director, UNICEF.