THE Malton and Norton Rotary Club, which supports a charity affected by the recent devastating earthquake in Nepal, is looking towards how they can help with the long-term impact of the earthquake.

Members of the club have been in touch with New Futures Nepal, a charity which provides a home for orphaned and disadvantaged children and adults near Kathmandu. Although no-one was hurt at the home, they are still feeling the aftershocks of what happened.

Rotary club secretary Paul Pritchard said: “They are all very traumatised, but luckily no-one has suffered any serious injuries.

“They are okay for food as well as they have kept a big stock there.

“The immediacies of the crisis have already been dealt with, so we are now looking at the more long-term impacts and how we can help in that sense.”

Although the building the children and adults live in has not been damaged there are still tremors happening and so until they have died down the group have been sleeping under a tarpaulin outside.

Member of the Rotary club Colin Jennings said: “They are worried about the tremors, so are sleeping outside under a plastic sheet.

“They are hoping to raise £5,000 and to start with that will be needed to buy body sheets, it is absolutely dreadful.”

Paul said that the Rotary Club will hold their annual charity shop fundraiser in June, which last year raised £6,500 for the Philippines disaster, but will this time raise money for New Futures Nepal, who they have supported for the past four years.

To donate to New Futures Nepal visit newfuturesnepal.org or text NEWF01 £10 to 70070.

For more information about the Rotary, phone Colin Jennings on 01653 698321.

 

Coffee morning to raise cash for appeal

A FUNDRAISING coffee morning in aid of the Nepal Earthquake Appeal is being held in Malton on Friday.

Churches Together in Southern Ryedale (CTSR) have organised the event, at Saville Street Methodist Church, in response to an appeal by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC).

Money donated will be used to provide clean water, sanitation, emergency food, medical supplies and shelter. Peter Clark, chairman of CTSR, said: “This is the latest in a series of coffee mornings in recent years that has been organised by the church in response to an appeal made by the DEC.

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Reverend Peter Clark who is to hold a coffee morning at the Methodist Church in Saville Street, Malton, with the help of Roger and Rosemary Hadfield to help raise money for DEC Nepal Earthquake Appeal

“We hope that this one will be supported with the same generosity that has been shown on previous occasions.”

The coffee morning will take place between 10am and noon.

 

Hotel workers in push to help Gurkha families

HOTEL staff are supporting the earthquake relief efforts for Nepal by gathering donations to be sent to the country.

Many of the staff at Fulford’s Pavilion Hotel in York are Nepalese and came to York with family members who served in the Gurkha regiment based at Imphal Barracks in the city.

The team collected goods including energy-rich foods like protein bars and biscuits, dried food, chocolate, can openers, painkillers, plasters, bandages, sanitiser and anti septic wipes, diarrhoea pills, personal hygiene items, thick rubber gloves for handling debris, torches, sleeping bags, tents, plastic sheets and rubbish bags, insect repellent and toilet paper.

The donations were collected on Monday and the York-based Gurkhas and ex-Gurkhas are helping to arrange for them to be transported to Nepal.

 

Collection boxes

COLLECTION boxes for CAFOD, the international aid agency, will be at St Leonard and St Mary’s RC Church, Malton, this weekend to raise funds to help the people of Nepal following the devastating earthquake.