GDS Newsletter 6 2017 is now available to download and will give you an overview of the recent fundraising in the UK and the projects funded in Gorkha.
In 2015 after the earthquakes which caused devastation to Gorkha District, not only did we manage to raise £10,000 which is fantastic, but we also spent it on emergency help. Our committee in Gorkha made specific requests to such as buying galvanize sheets for roofing makeshift schoolrooms which are still in use two years later. Solar lamps,school jumpers for young children, health kits, blankets for the damaged hospital.
In 2016 over £5,000 was raised and fully utliised in Gorkha, funding children sponsorship, hygiene programmes and wheelchairs for the hospital. THANK YOU to everyone who has helped us through donations and supporting events. To see recent progress follow our Updates and News on this website and follow us on facebook – like our page and share with your friends who may be interested.
THANK YOU SO MUCH and PLEASE CONTINUE TO HELP IF YOU CAN.
If you would like to donate this can be done DONATE via PAYPALor by BACS transfer to Gorkha Development Scheme Sort Code 20-19-95 account number 10318302. Please complete our GIFT AID form to add 25% extra to whatever you donate
All the money has been sent to Gorkha and has been spent on projects – school shelters for use as classrooms, emergency tents, solar lamps to help 500 families, school jumpers for over 500 children sports equipment and games to help the distressed children, 100 blankets for the hospital, two rural school hygiene programmes, 50 children sponsored , three hospital wheelchairs are now in place and another rural hygiene programme will start soon. Read more under NEWS
As a small charity working for over 25 years with the community in Gorkha we are working with our team in Gorkha so they can decide how best to help people stage by stage. As we send money directly to them then they will inform us of costs and how money is spent so helping as many people as we can in a small way. We have worked hard to fund-raise over the last few years and will continue to do so ensuring every penny raised goes to the projects – no wages or expenses claimed.
With more funds, we can do a little bit more for those who had little who now have nothing.
THANK YOU
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