A DEVIZES school sixth former is to be helped in her quest to do charitable work in Tanzania thanks to a fund set up in memory of Hugo Halkes who died in a road accident in Devizes.

Georgia Bullen, 16, was chosen by Children's Chance to receive a £1,000 grant that will help to pay for her trip to Africa along with other Devizes pupils to help to build a school in a poor area.

Hugo died aged 12 after he was struck by a car in Potterne Road in September 2007 when he was visiting a friend's house for a birthday and they were crossing the road to go to Hillworth Park.

His family set up Hugo Halkes Charitable Trust and it in turn gave money to Children's Chance to support children in the Pewsey, Devizes and Marlborough area.

Charity representative Jane Miller visited Devizes School to present the money to Georgia. She said that Hugo's family sadly could not present it in person but they were pleased it was going to a student of Devizes School.

Georgia was praised for the quality and content of her piece of writing about the Tanzania trip which had resulted in her winning the award.

A spokesman for the Hugo Halkes Charitable Trust said: "His family have tried to keep Hugo’s memory alive by founding a charity which supports children’s charities and other good causes which resonate with Hugo’s life."

Hugo, who was known to friends as Huggie, was a pupil at Dauntsey's School in West Lavington. He died in John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford six days after the accident.

Dauntsey's headmaster at the time Stewart Roberts said "Hugo was a very special young man who put 100 per cent into everything he did. He enjoyed much success in his first year with us, both in and out of the classroom and, not least, on the cricket field.

"Talented yet modest by nature, he was immensely popular, he was affectionately know as Huggie, and he will be missed in this community and not least by his many friends."

Hugo had moved to Milton Lilbourne, near Pewsey, with his family from the London the year before he died.

Devizes School pupils will go to Tanzania for a month next summer as part of Camps International. Each pupils needs to raise around £4,000 to pay for the trip.

As well as helping with the school building project they will also do challenges such as mountain climbing. A number of fundraising events have already been held and others are planned.