April Jones: Donations To Sponsor African Child

Donations made at the funeral of April Jones will be used to sponsor a girl the same age as her in Africa, church officials have said.

The quiet and closely-knit Welsh market town of Machynlleth will join April's devastated family in paying their last respects to the murdered five-year-old on Thursday at midday. 

It is now almost 12 months since the youngster was snatched and killed by 47-year-old paedophile Mark Bridger - who is serving a whole life tariff for the crime.

The Rev Kathleen Rogers, who is officiating the ceremony, said donations made at the service will be be used to sponsor a child in Uganda, via the charity World Vision.

Rev Rogers said: "A five-year-old girl in a village in Uganda will be sponsored by the parish until she finishes her education," she said.

April's parents, Paul and Coral Jones made the sponsorship decision

"Other donations will be an extra gift for the girl, her family and her village to use as they need. The parish will receive regular updates and photographs about the girl as she grows up.

"In an attempt to see some good out of this tragedy, we have decided to sponsor a little girl from a village in Uganda in memory of April.

"April's parents have kindly asked that donations from her funeral be donated to this sponsorship and we are very grateful to them."

Hundreds of mourners are expected and will wear pink, April's favourite colour, or a bright item of clothing. Balloons will be released at the end of the service.

Mark Bridger is serving a whole life tariff for April's murder

Ms Rogers said she hoped it would help April's family and the local community heal.

"A funeral plays a significant part in the grieving process and the funeral of little April will be even more important for her family as the probability of such a service was very remote until the inquest two weeks ago," she added.

"Our prayer is that it will be a starting point for them as they travel the long and painful journey of healing. It will also, I think, give the community permission to bring some sort of normality back to our town."

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