I've raised £5000 to continue our work; helping to provide quality education and welfare for some of the poorest children of the Nepal middle hills.
Organised by Roy Francis
Story
The Appeal
This is a generic appeal and will be used for a number of ongoing education and welfare related projects. The fundraising target is also non-specific and may alter over time.
Background
On April 25, 2015, Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake. Nearly 9,000 people died and more than 22,000 suffered injuries. Seventeen days later there was another major quake, of magnitude-7.3. Thirty-nine of the nation’s 75 districts, with a population of 8 million people, about a third of the national population, were affected. Hundreds of thousands of people lost everything. More than 600,000 homes, schools and health posts were destroyed and more than 288,000 were damaged. The quakes’ strongest impact was in remote rural areas, making initial response extremely challenging.
Aide Nepal Was Born
Roy Francis MM, a former Special Forces soldier and Himalayan mountaineer, set about raising money to help with immediate relief. Many of his friends in France, where he now lives, and in the UK, joined the effort and Aide Népal Magnoac (ANM) was born. As international aid was providing the essentials, shelters and blankets etc., Roy and his team decided to concentrate on helping the children in the remote villages of Nuwakot District – they decided to rebuild schools. Money was raised in a variety of ways; quizzes, clothes sales, coffee mornings, a concert, raffles etc. Eventually they raised enough money to help rebuild the school in Taruka. Members and friends of ANM continued their effort and in 2019, in collaboration with a Canadian group, the second Aide Népal School was built and opened in Dangsing.
Latest Project
Our latest project was to provide our schools with computers. Working with a supplier in Kathmandu we were able purchase quality Dell laptops and ancillaries for Taruka and Dangsing School. Until now the children going on to secondary education were disadvantaged because they lacked basic IT skills.
For Christmas every child received a new school satchel, water bottle and pencil case.
The work goes on!
