An Oldham girl has memorised the 99 names of Allah in just eight days to help raise thousands following the Turkey and Syria earthquakes.

According to the UN, the earthquakes have killed at least 44,000 people in Turkey and 6,000 in Syria, with many more injured, missing, and homeless.

Two earthquakes struck the region on February 6, with a magnitude 7.8 earthquake followed by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake around nine hours later.

Close to 10,000 aftershocks have hit the region affected by the quake since February 6, with more earthquakes still hitting weeks later.

Now, Oldhamer Amelia Manha, aged eight, has taken the Ramadan Challenge to help raise money for the cause.

Daughter of Oldham campaigner Afruz Miah, Amelia started her charity campaigning at age six, inspired by her dad – whose previous campaigning includes running 313km from Oldham to London while fasting during the Muslim holy month.

Donations to the campaign can be made on the Ramadan99 Givebrite page.

The Oldham schoolgirl memorised the 99 names of Allah in just eight days to raise more than £1,300 in donations.

Sponsors have also committed additional donations, bringing the total up to around £10,000, according to dad Afruz.

Amelia even appeared on the Islam Channel’s Today Show to recite the names on national TV.

Now, she’s challenging others to memorise three names a day to help raise money.

Amelia said she was ‘nervous and excited’ before her TV appearance, and revealed how she managed to remember the names.

“I just kept practising at night, before I went to bed so I’d remember in the morning. I looked at it and read it ten times and I covered it and tried to remember it and write it,” the eight-year-old said.

“It’s like what they do in school, read, cover – the method they use in school, she uses that. We were surprised she memorised it in eight days,” Dad Afruz added.

Afruz said he wanted children to understand the effects of crisis at ‘an early age’, adding “it’s not a Muslim thing, it’s a humanitarian thing. We want them to understand how lucky they are growing up somewhere they’ve got everything at the touch of a fingertip.”