Nearly £300 has been raised by Divine Saviour Primary School after they held a silly bake sale to tackle the serious issue of an unjust global food system.

Pupils from the school sold silly cakes at their school on Friday, October 3 to raise funds for the work of catholic aid agency, CAFOD.

The bake sale, with cakes made from unusual food combinations, was part of CAFOD's annual Harvest Fast Day appeal.

The silly bake sale was a fun way of raising money to tackle the serious problem of global hunger. It showed the children that they can make a real difference to the lives of other children around the world.

Pupils learnt about girls and boys around the world, such as 11-year-old Mariama in Sierra Leone, who now has enough food to eat because CAFOD has shown Mariama's mum how to grow rice in fertile swampland.

CAFOD's Harvest Fast Day appeal aims to increase awareness of global hunger and raise funds to tackle its causes ranging from food waste to a changing climate.

This money can then finance projects which tackle the causes of hunger, including providing the tools or techniques for families to grow their own food.

Philip Gibbs, headteacher at Divine Saviour Primary School, said: "The children were responsible for organising the silly bake sale which was full of cakes with silly faces from silly recipes. It really captured their imagination."

John Stricklin-Coutinho, CAFOD manager for Hertfordshire and NW London, said: "This Harvest, CAFOD asked children to do something silly for a serious issue - the fact that one-in-eight children go to bed hungry every day.

"We produce enough food every year, yet 870 million people are going hungry because of food being wasted or more extreme weather making it harder to grow food in many countries.

"The money raised by Divine Savior School's silly bake sale allows CAFOS to help families in places from Nicaragua in South America to Bangladesh in Asia to produce food and make a living.

"We would like to thank the children from Divine Saviour School for their generosity in standing in solidarity with children around the world."