A DEDICATED team of volunteers has been helping to fill containers with emergency aid that will be sent out to tsunami victims in the Maldives.

Helpers from the Irish Battalion of Regiment Royal Artillery based in Tidworth and volunteers from Southampton based charity Friends of the Maldives packed the container with a host of goods, including medical supplies, dried food, baby items, tents, and bicycles.

Pupils from Ludlow Junior School in Peveril Road, Itchen, also donated buckets full of stationery and toys.