AT least £58,000 has been collected locally for victims of the tsunami.

Oxfam in Church Street, Malvern, has raised £24,000 since launching its appeal, while Malvern and Upton Rotary Clubs have received more than £14,500 in donations.

This has allowed the clubs to buy vital equipment to send to affected areas.

Somerfield in Edith Walk, Malvern, has collected more than £1,900 and expects to have hit the £2,000 mark by the end of the weekend. Meanwhile, Morrisons, in Townsend Way, has raised more than £6,000.

Hunts, in Barnards Green, has collected £700 in the past two weeks.

Phil Saville, who launched the collection, said: "We had collection dishes in the shop and businesses have been making donations. Everybody in the Green has been very generous."

Events held over the past week have also helped bring in money.

On Friday, two students from Malvern College raised £360 by busking outside Waitrose.

Sixth-formers Greg Swinford and Jonathan Hill, played a selection of folk songs between 2pm and 4.30pm last Friday.

"We've been practising stuff for a while and thought we'd use it to do our bit for charity," said Greg.

A further £1,605 was raised at a barbecue at The Old Bush, in Callow End, while Bransford Golf Club donated the £280 fees from its monthly medal competition to the appeal.

At Dytecna on Spring Lane, Malvern, employees gave £490 to the appeal, the majority collected during a dinner dance on Saturday at The Abbey Hotel. This was matched by managing director John Faulford, taking the total raised to £980.

A day of fundraising and healing at the Mount Pleasant Hotel raised more than £1,400. Complementary therapists offered treatments for free in return for donations.

The event was organised by Lorraine Page and Tina Carkeek, of the Janeve Foundation, a Malvern-based charity that raises funds for health and education projects in South India.

"It was clear that local people were very pleased to be able to come together to do something positive as well as giving to the appeal fund," said Ms Car-keek.

She said she was extremely grateful to everyone who helped in any way.

Soccer players also did their bit, with the Mercian League donating £100 to the appeal. The money was raised mainly through a raffle held on Sunday.