Nepalese Community Hold Vigil And Appeal For Donations To Quake Appeal

Published on: 5 May, 2015
Updated on: 7 May, 2015

Members of Guildford’s Nepalese community held a candlelit vigil on Friday (May 1) at St Clare’s Church in Park Barn to pay their respect and pray for Nepalese and foreign citizens who were killed by the recent earthquake.

While, a Nepalese women who works for the NHS in Guildford, has traveled to Kathmandu and his helping with relief operations.

The Mayor of Guildford, David Elms, lights a candle flanked by Sham Gurung.

The event was attended by more than 80 Nepalese people, and also included the Mayor of Guildford, David Elms; the team vicar at St Clare’s, the Revd Steve Pownall; county councillor Fiona White; Wayne and Julia McShane of the Park Barn & Westborough Community Association; and other local residents.

The vigil at St Clare’s Church.

At least 7,040 people are now known to have been killed in the quake which struck in Kathmandu valley and neighbouring villages and more than 14,021 people were injured.

The figure of dead and injured in the remote villages are still unaccounted for where access is only by helicopters. This catastrophic natural disaster has left hundreds of people in Nepal destitute where water, food, medical supplies and shelters are urgently needed.

The death toll could go up, as search and rescue efforts are continuing in several hill districts including Dhading, Rasuwa, Lantang and Sindhupalchok.

Shuva Ghale Gurung administering first aid to a victim of the earthquake in Kathmandu.

Shuva Ghale Gurung who is the daughter of Sham Gurung (the president of Guildford Nepalese Community) works at NHS the Bowel Cancer Screening Office at Surrey Research Park and on May 1, with her friends, flew to Kathmandu to help with the humanitarian relief.

Shuva and her colleagues are doing a wonderful job helping all the victims of the earthquake.

Fundraising is taking place to raise money through donations. During the candlelit vigil the Guildford Nepalese community raised £1,881 for the earthquake victims

Volunteers will be collecting donations from the public in buckets in Guildford High Street on Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10. People are being urged to support the earthquake relief appeal fund.

You can also support the appeal by visiting the Guildford Nepalese Community website and click into Gofundme.

Sham Gurung said his community members are overwhelmed by the solidarity of the Nepalese people at this difficult time and also expressed his gratitude for an extraordinary support and generosity of the British public towards the earthquake appeal to Nepal.