Harborough Teenager’s Amazing Efforts To Fundraise For Charity Trip

A Market Harborough teenager is washing cars, mowing lawns and selling things at school fetes to raise money for a charity trip to Costa Rica next year.

Marcus Penchev is hoping to spend four weeks working to improve the lives of people living in poverty-stricken areas of the Central American country, after signing up for the Camps International Expedition.

The 15-year-old Welland Park Academy student is also doing a 300-mile sponsored bike ride in 100 days and has so-far raised around £4,000 towards his target of just over £5,000, to cover the cost of the trip.

Marcus is one of a number of students hoping to be part of the exhibition and spoke to HFM about his fundraising and how people can help:

Marcus Penchev

Click here for more details on Marcus’s fundraising and how you can help.