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Some of Yusef's friends who attended the spring fair at Harris Academy The charity launched by the family of a 12-year-old boy who died during an after-school football practice at a Dundee school held their first fund-raising event on Saturday. A spring fair was held at Harris Academy where Yusef Abubaker was a first-year pupil when he collapsed and died during a break in training last September. More than 400 people attended the event that saw around 25 stalls sell a variety of goods including foreign food, cake and candy, as well as authentic Arabian kaftans. The event was also an opportunity for Yusef's family to meet the people who have offered messages of comfort and condolence during the difficult time. "The fair was absolutely fantastic. People have contributed so much time, so many goods and all with such big hearts," Yusef's mother Alison said. The Yusef Abubaker Memorial Trust has been set up to provide support for health, sport and education programmes as well as combating poverty.
Serving on one of the fund-raising stalls. Photographs and text courtesy of The Courier, Dundee (31 March, 2008)
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