Updated March 30 

A Puttinu Cares fundraising telethon raised more than €3 million on Good Friday.

The €3,177,135 raised - a record sum for the event - will be used to finance the children's cancer support group's work. 

The money was raised during an all-day event which began at 9.15am and stretched to midnight. The event was televised live on all stations.

Fundraisers reached the €2 million mark at just after 10pm. A flurry of donations in the event's final two hours added another €1.1 million to that haul. 

The total sum raised was just enough to beat the €3,133,430 that the organisation raised in 2022. Last year, the fundraiser also hit he €3 million mark. 

"You were part of Puttinu's history - a family with a huge heart that continues to help those in need," the NGO said as it celebrated the fundraiser's outcome. 

The telethon followed the annual 20-kilometre midnight walk from the Mellieħa Parish Church to the Granaries in Floriana. 

The walk is also held in aid of Puttinu Cares. Organisers said on Friday afternoon that 8,000 people had attended the walk and that €92,500 had been collected.

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