Obama donates prize to charity

PRESIDENT Barack Obama plans to donate the £920,000 from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organisations he said "do extraordinary work."

By The Newsroom

Published 12th Mar 2010, 21:57 BST

Updated 12th Mar 2010, 22:45 BST

Mr Obama is giving a total of 494,000 to six groups that help children go to college. Fisher House, which provides housing for families with loved ones at Veterans Administration hospitals, will receive 164,000.