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Nepal earthquake- nearly 4000 dead- there ARE things we can do

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Shallishanti · 27/04/2015 19:45

Good article here that explains what is useful (and what isn't)
and here are some charities that are helping

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AuntieStella · 28/04/2015 12:24

I've seen on TV news that the Government seems to be sending most of the Brigade of Gurkhas, especially engineers, and deploying RAF planes to move aid into the country.

EdithWeston · 28/04/2015 12:26

www.dec.org.uk/appeals/nepal-earthquake-appeal

Shallishanti · 28/04/2015 18:43

so...only 3 of us interested

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AuntieStella · 28/04/2015 18:46

I heard Joanna Lumley making the DEC appeal on the Beeb just before the news. I think she was exactly the right person to front this one.

(I'm sure not just 3 of us)

RedButtonhole · 28/04/2015 18:51

I'm interested, we started organising some fundraising today.

TweenageAngst · 28/04/2015 19:00

Thanks for this Shalli, I just donated via DEC.

Stradbroke · 28/04/2015 19:10

I donated via DEC.

NewTwenty · 28/04/2015 19:11

I am going to donate to DEC.

Shallishanti · 28/04/2015 19:19

great, let's try and keep this in active convos

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Rivercam · 28/04/2015 19:22

My brother used to live and work in Nepal. Where he used to live is on the edge of where the earthquake struck. He loved it there.

ArcheryAnnie · 28/04/2015 19:28

I've donated to a local ex-Gurkha group who are collecting. It must be very difficult to carry on with your job as normal when you are worrying about relatives going through this.

RedButtonhole · 28/04/2015 19:51

Just bumping to keep this in Active Threads.

My college lecturer has done alot of work in Nepal and had just got on a flight home a couple of hours before the earthquake hit. We are holding some fundraising and donation events at college and hoping to raise a fair bit.

fhdl34 · 28/04/2015 21:01

I got an email today from lend with care and if you donate through the big give they will double the donations for a limited time. I already donated through DEC this morning otherwise I'd have done that instead.

BillStickersIsInnocent · 28/04/2015 21:24

Just donated to DEC

Shallishanti · 28/04/2015 22:18

do you have a link fhdi34?

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madmother1 · 28/04/2015 22:57

Just donated. It's just so terrible how they are living

TheOneWiththeNicestSmile · 28/04/2015 23:03

I heard something on R4 this afternoon talking to some Nepalese who live in Aldershot (?) or some other army town. It was really moving

One of them is a doctor who will shortly be travelling to Nepal with about 15 other doctors plus as much medical & other equipment as they can muster - especially orthopaedic stuff.

Candycoco · 28/04/2015 23:07

Just donated. Thanks for posting the link, wouldn't have known how to otherwise.

Itscurtainsforyou · 28/04/2015 23:22

My brother is out there on Everest . I'm not sure which is the best (most effective) method of donating. What I'd really like to do is get on a plane and go and help practically but I believe the last thing they need is a westerner with no idea taking up food and resources...

Kampeki · 28/04/2015 23:38

Please dig deep into your pockets and give as much as you can. Nepal is a desperately poor country, and lots of help is urgently required.

I have a lot of Nepali friends, many of whom live in the affected areas. Communication has been sporadic but the situation is desperate, and people are very scared. There is a lot of work going on on the ground, but it just isn't enough.

Nepal is a beautiful country. Nowhere have I met more hospitable, kind and sincere people. They are courageous, and they will overcome this tragedy, but they cannot do it on their own.

Please help if you can.

oricella · 29/04/2015 10:30

Another bump..

I struggle to get my head round the devastation - have spent quite a bit of time in Nepal a few decades ago and so many beautiful places are gone. I worry about old friends and people I work with. It shouldn't be different, but somehow it is when you have faces and names to go with disasters like this

meglet · 29/04/2015 22:20

Bump.

itscurtains really hope your brother is ok.

My neighbours have been over there visiting family for a couple of weeks .

fhdl34 · 30/04/2015 05:41

Sorry no link as I deleted the email because I'd already donated

Athrawes · 01/05/2015 00:32

The first part of the article is the hardest for many to hear and one of the most important. This is not about us and our feelings. If we need to DO something raise money, give money, however little.

AuntieStella · 12/05/2015 09:53

I've just seen on the news that there has been a second earthquake.

Not as big as the first one, but still powerful, and as many structures already unsafe because of the earlier one the impact could be severe.

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