A GROUP of teenagers are working together to help the family of a five-year-old who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Avaya Powell has been diagnosed with neuroblastoma – cancer that affects around 100 children each year. After taking part in a clinical trial and having chemotherapy, the family is now looking for other treatments to tackle it – but must raise a quarter of a million pounds. Kingsdown students Tia Surridge, Macie and Mia Pike, and Talia Hayward met Avaya at Charlotte Johnson’s School of Dance have put on Easter Egg hunts and raffles to raise funds. The four friends are brainstorming other ideas to get Avaya’s family closer to their £250,000 target.
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