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The youngsters from Ninelands Primary are supporting World Emergency Relief's (WER) "Be a Good Egg" campaign.

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For each donation of £6, the typical cost of an Easter egg, the charity can buy a hen which in turn will supply a family with an estimated 150 real eggs every year.

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At Ninelands, the pupils pooled pocket money and collected enough to buy 14 chickens.

All those who took part were entered into a prize draw to win chocolate eggs donated by head teacher Jean Lumb.

The winners were Lilah Fielding, Tyler Wright, Lily Hennessey, Niamh Wilson, Emily Brown, Sophie Jones, Sophie Watkins, Cavan Manners, Ryan Simpson, Rosie Walsh, Abbie Gowlett, Laura Elliott and Thomas Robson.

Alex Haxton, director of operations at WER said: "Having laying hens is one of the simplest and quickest steps towards self-sufficiency in terms of food and income."

The WER says that if one in every 5,000 people donated the cost of one of their Easter eggs, it would be able to buy over 12,000 hens, which collectively would lay over 1.8m eggs each year.

Money raises also funds larger projects, each with hundreds of laying hens, to serve small communities or orphanages. Left over eggs can be sold to raise cash for more livestock, agricultural equipment and even pay for teachers' salaries and children's education.

The British Retail Consortium says about 80m Easter eggs are sold in the UK each year.