THE plight of disabled children at an overseas hospital has struck such a chord with two Kidderminster sisters that they have raised more than £400 to help them.

Compassionate 17-year-old, Tiffany Crumpton, and her 10-year-old sister, Azima, organised a charity piano and keyboard concert to raise proceeds for Ak-Suu Hospital for disabled children in the central Asian country of Kirgizstan.

The hospital lacks elementary equipment, such as wheelchairs and medication, to such an extent that parents often have to carry their children in their arms, according to Tiffany, who has organised for the proceeds to be used to help buy such equipment.

Twenty fellow students at Sounds Electric Music Academy in Kidderminster performed at the recent musical spectacular at Chaddesley Corbett Village Hall.

"We have relatives over there and know of the environment and just felt sorry for the people living there," said Tiffany, who has been learning the piano and keyboard for around six years.

The auditing assistant at Scrivens in Kidderminster explained the hospital was located near where her great grandmother lives and her mum, Chinara, grew up, in Kirgizstan.

She said her mother and father had visited the hospital and seen at first hand how much it needed help.

"The concert raised more than £400 and we were really pleased because we didn't expect to sell so many tickets and had to keep getting more and more chairs out," she said.

"My mum and dad visited this hospital and said how they didn't have medication or wheelchairs or anything and I know the general environment and have visited other hospitals in the country so knew what they meant."

Her proud piano teacher, Steve Carrigan, said he was delighted with his students' efforts. Just under 100 people had attended the concert, including Wyre Forest MP, Dr Richard Taylor.

Twenty-seven-year-old Mr Carrigan, of Mandarin Avenue, Kidderminster, said this was the seventh biannual charity concert his students had performed - taking the total raised for a variety of causes to around £3,500.

"The idea is that every year I organise the skeleton of a charity concert and then hand it over to one of my students to organise the rest of, including the venue and the charity. Tiffany did a very good job".