Children from
(name) nursery in
(town/village) will be out measuring just how tall their giant sunflowers have grown on the
(date). To celebrate the final stage of the Sunflower Challenge, the green-fingered gardeners will enjoy a toddlers tea party.
The children have been looking forward to this day all through the summer, eagerly waiting to see who has managed to grow the tallest flower, and to find out how much we will be sending to WaterAid to help fund their projects in Malawi, says
.. (teachers name) of
.. (nursery).
The Sunflower Challenge, organised by WaterAid and National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), promoted by Nursery World, is raising funds in support of WaterAid, the charity which provides safe water and sanitation for the worlds poorest people in Africa and Asia.
The sunflowers were planted outside by the children
(three?) months ago, and since then they have been busily collecting sponsorship for every centimetre the sunflower has grown.
Millions of children around the world suffer greatly from a lack of clean drinking water and sanitation. WaterAid considers children to be important agents of change in our projects overseas they play an active role and often teach their friends and families about good hygiene.
For further information on WaterAid go to www.wateraid.org
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Editors notes:
 For more details please contact Lisa Martin on 020 7793 4524 or go to www.wateraid.org WaterAid is the UK's only major charity dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene promotion to the world's poorest people.
The NDNA is a national childcare charity dedicated to the provision, support and promotion of high quality care and education for all children in the early years.
Nursery World is the leading weekly magazine for early years care and education professionals.
The sunflower seeds are of the Russian Giant variety and have been supplied by Thompson and Morgan. They can grow up to three metres tall, with a huge yellow flower, up to 30cm in diameter.
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