Sixteen-year-old Simone Monzo is raising money to pay for a volunteering trip to the jungle where she will help local people and wildlife.
She is heading to Ecuador in July 2015 and must raise £3,980 to fund her trip where she will take in the Amazon, Andes and Pacific coast.
The Colonel Frank Seely School pupil is hosting a Christmas coffee morning at St Wilfrid's Church in Calverton on December 6.
Guests are welcome to come along from 10am to noon to have a drink and support Simone's fund raising efforts.
Simone said: "I am really excited about this voluntary expedition to Ecuador next summer; this expedition is extremely important to me; I feel I will acquire and develop important life skills, increase my confidence but most of all help other less fortunate than me."
