CARING youngsters at Carr Mill Junior School are taking time out to write to youngsters at an orphanage in Bangladesh.

The youngsters are responding to a plea from Peter Byrnes, whose 19-year-old son Brian was killed in an accident on the East Lancashire Road in October, 1998.

Peter and his family have been raising money in memory of Brian for the Bottomley Home Orphanage in Dhaka. And last year Peter's son, Alan, took more than £500 to the orphanage.

While he was there he was asked if he could set up a link between the orphans and St Helens children to help improve the English skills of the Bangladeshi children. Peter and the family thought it fitting to ask Carr Mill Junior School to if they could help, because Brian had been a pupil there. After a chat with headmaster Michael Gaskell they visited the school to talk about the orphanage and the heart-rending stories of the orphans. After listening to Peter and Alan the youngsters at Carr Mill were more than happy to send letters to the orphanage which had sent photographs and histories of 26 orphans.

A delighted Peter, from Penryn Avenue, Laffak, told the Star: "We are frequently told that today's children are uncaring. From the responses to our talk about the orphanage we know how caring and aware these youngsters at Carr Mill Junior School are."

Peter and his family are still raising money for the Bottomley House Orphanage, Dhaka, through the Brian Byrnes Memorial Fund. To find out more you can contact 01744 22896, or e-mail orphanage@freenet.co.uk.

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