North Pembrokeshire has gone pyjama crazy to raise more than £2,000 for a Newport tot battling with a rare form of childhood cancer.

Two-year-old Eliza Donnelly was diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblastoma in July. This rare cancer is diagnosed in less than a 100 children a year in the UK.

She spent most of the summer in Noah's Ark Children's Hospital where she underwent intensive chemotherapy.

Her family is currently looking into treatments that can complement the chemotherapy, including treatments in Germany and America, all of which come at considerable cost.

They hope to raise £60,000 and are nearly half way to their target, less than a month after the campaign was launched.

The most recent event, on Monday, September 26 saw 2,000 people don their pyjamas, each paying £1 to raise funds.

The event was initiated by staff at Newport Pharmacy. It quickly snowballed and saw schools, workplaces and organisations throughout north Pembrokeshire get involved.

"We initially wanted to raise £100. Then we started to think 'what if we could get the street to do it? What is we could go further afield?'" said the pharmacy's Denise English.

"It just got bigger and bigger. It's been absolutely phenomenal."

The event has also led to other fundraising which will take place later this year.

"It has been a fantastic response," said Denise. "Everybody wants to do something. It's quite overwhelming when you think that many people dressed up. It's turned into something massive."

Eliza's parents, Robin and Maya, said that she was making good progress and that they were overwhelmed at the fundraising response.

"We are blown away by the generosity and desire to help our baby girl," they said.

"A huge thankyou to everyone that has prayed, thought about and helped in the many other ways and the hundreds if not thousands wearing pyjamas for a day all over Pembrokeshire. It really is an incredible team effort which seems to be pushing us in the right direction.

"Eliza is doing very well, she continues to amaze us with her resilience and delight us with her sense of humour.

"She is reacting well to the chemo, and recent tests shows the cancer has reduced significantly in the tumour and the bone marrow.

"If the combination of chemo alongside daily raw juices, supplements, outdoor exercise and super healthy food continue to work their magic there's even a chance we'll be in Germany by Christmas."

To make a donation to help Eliza visit https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/Help-Eliza.