World Orphan Week Ealing Balloon Launch
On Friday 6 October the pupils of Mount Carmel RC Primary School in Little Ealing, West London, played host to a World Orphan Week Balloon Launch.
![The OperaBabes and pupils of Mount Carmel School, World Orphan Week 2006](../../wp/e/Ealing_indoors.jpg)
The OperaBabes and some of the pupils of Mount Carmel School sheltered inside the school hall before braving the rain for the balloon launch.
![Balloon launch countdown, Little Ealing](../../wp/c/Countdown_Ealing.jpg)
The Operababes and Mrs Welsh, the Headmistress, start the countdown before the launch of the sponsored balloons.
![World Orphan Week balloon launch, Little Ealing](../../wp/e/Ealing_lift_Off.jpg)
Lift off!
![Operababes at World Orphan Week balloon launch, Ealing](../../wp/e/Ealing_Operababes.jpg)
Pupils and The OperaBabes cheer the balloons on their way