NZ charity launches Rebuild Nepal appeal

NZ charity launches Rebuild Nepal appeal

New Zealand’s Orphans Aid International has launched its Rebuild Nepal emergency appeal in response to the devastating earthquake that hit the country on 25 April 2015.

With a solid history of involvement in Nepal since 2007, Orphans Aid International has strong local networks both in Nepal and on the North Indian border, where the organisation is currently building a school.

Founder and CEO Sue van Schreven says, “As the magnitude of the tragedy in Nepal unfolds our team in Northern India are receiving Nepali people who have fled their rural villages to find safety, food and water over the border. Urgent help is needed, both in Nepal and Northern India.”

Mrs van Schreven says that while the appeal will immediately help fund food, water and shelter, the organisation’s long-term goal is to help the country rebuild.

“One of our contacts runs a home for orphaned boys in Nepal. Currently they are all camped out on a field under the stars. This is just the kind of situation we want to help at this time. By working with locals on the ground we can see real solutions brought to very large needs.”

Cash donations can be made through any of Orphans Aid International’s op-shops in Invercargill, Queenstown, Dunedin or Hastings, or online through Givealittle https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/rebuildnepal2015. Donations can also be made throughwww.orphansaidinternational.org and www.facebook.com/Orphans.Aid.International.

“One hundred per cent of funds raised goes to the Nepal Rebuild. We have already had a wonderful response, with some people coming up with really creative ways to raise funds for us, but there is still so much more work to do,” says Mrs van Schreven.

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