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June 30, 2015 at 5:25PM
Day 1184: Earthquake Relief Update
I would like to thank everybody who have helped us with their generous support. Also, I would like to thank the president of Pasa Puchah Guthi, UK Mr Kapil Shrestha for having a faith in me and my team to do all these wonderful things.
Relief Collection:
• Total Cash Collected: £10,709.15
-£7032.15 into PPGUK account, £1622 into GoFundMe account of Guthi member, Dr. Nikki Shakya and £2055 raised by Dr. Sachetan Tuladhar and Dr. Pabitra Shakya Tuladhar.
• Medical supplies collected: 200 Kg of medication.
• Guthi members Mr. Bimal Kachipati and Mrs. Ganga Kachipati collected approximately 70 Kg of medical supplies from NHS Surrey.
• Over 10,000 Kg of clothes and shoes donated at various collection points across London.
• Over 500 Kg of relief materials collected from Sheffield University and Nepali Society in the University.
• Over 100 blankets were donated at Monty's Restaurant, Kingston.
Relief Distribution:
Tents:
• 100 tents Distributed in Kavre.
• 100 tents Distributed in Nuwakot.
• 100 tents Distributed in Gorkha.
Rice and other essentials:
• 45 bags of rice were distributed in the village of Pangtang.
• 70 bags of rice and 224 Kg of lentils were distributed to 70 families in Bhimsen Tole, Bhaktapur.
• Rice (22 sacks, 30 Kg each), lentils (110 Kg), salt (20 packets) and biscuits (2 cartons) were distributed to 22 Dalit families in Sirdi Tole (ward no. 
, Gorkha. The fund donated by Himalayan Kasturi, Sussex (Indu Lal Shakya) was also used to distribute these items.
• 25 bags of rice, sugar, lentils, chiura (50 Kg each), salt (50 packets) and biscuits (50 packets) were distributed to 25 families in Babiyagaun (ward no., Devichaur, Bungamati.
Medical supplies:
• 2 boxes of medical supplies were donated to Bibeksheel Nepali.
• Over 50 Kg of medical supplies, including solar lights and water purifiers were donated to Nepal Mandala.
Cash Donations:
• £1500 was donated to ground volunteers for immediate distribution of relief materials in Bhaktapur, Bungamati and Gorkha (co-ordinated by Dr. Sachetan Tuladhar and Dr. Pabitra Shakya Tuladhar).
• NRs 1,50,000 Donated to Nepal Mandal Relief Campaign.
• NRs 1,50,000 Donated to Newah Nuga: for 'Shelter for Earthquake Victims'
• NRs 2,00,000 pledged (donated NRs, 1,00,000, already) for reconstruction of
Saraswoti Peace School, in Arupokhari, Gorkha.
Other activities:
• Newah Feast Workshop: Collaborated with Yak Bites to organise a workshop on cooking a Newah Feast on 10th May 2015 at Nepalese Tandoori Restaurant. This event raised £250.
• ‘ArtQuake’: Supported an art exhibition, Artquake, on 16th May 2015, at October Gallery with logistics, artists and catering which raised more than £5000.
• Cricket for Nepal: Supported Cricket for Nepal event at Kew Cricket Club on 30th May 2015, which helped raise more than £600.
• ‘London to Nepal’: Supported a fundraising event by London Metropolitan University on 18th June 2015. PPGUK were invited to perform a Pulun Kisi procession whilst Guthi member, Ms. Preetie Kachipati performed a dance to ‘Nepal ki Chhori’.
Future Plans:
• Fund raising: PPGUK plan to continuously raise funds from its regular events such as the Annual Picnic, Mha-Puja, Annual General Meeting and other events throughout the year.
• Collaborations: PPGUK plan to collaborate with various Nepali and non-Nepali organisations to support and continue raising funds towards the Nepal Earthquake appeal.
• Heritage Restoration: PPGUK aim to contribute towards the rebuilding and restoration of Newah Heritage sites that were damaged.
Media Coverage:
The Guardian
The team of Mr. Ojesh Singh (Vice President), Ms. Tribeni Gurung (General Secretary) and Dr. Sachetan Tuladhar (Past President) were interviewed by The Guardian Newspaper: http://www.theguardian.com/.../pasa-puchah-guthi-nepal...
The impact of the interview among the British public was very positive. PPGUK managed to accumulate more than £2000 in PPGUK account and further donations of clothing and essential items after the publication of the interview.
BBC
Mr. Singh was also interviewed by the BBC:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-32492513
Nepal Online News
An interview with Mr. Singh was published on Newah Online news: http://tiny.cc/ypeezx
Nepal Mandal Relief Campaign:
Donations made by PPGUK to Nepal Mandal was also covered on Nepal Mandal's website: http://nmrelief.org/donation-types/cash/
DREAMS Magazine:
PPGUK have been in close contact with members of DREAMS magazine – an online magazine for Nepali youths – in order to help distribute the relief materials.
June 29, 2015 at 5:28PM
Day 1183: Earthquake: if you have to live with it, why not laugh about it?
Jyo-Handsome (Jyohomson) and San-not-so-Handsome (Sanyukta) combine to present you this humorous take on Earthquake.
June 26, 2015 at 5:29PM
Ojesh Singh is with Sam Meeuwissen.
Day 1180 - SAMBO!
A day in a life of production engineer. #GreenTeam
June 22, 2015 at 5:29PM
Day 1175: Kathmandu Bounces Back!
June 15, 2015 at 5:30PM
Day 1168: An evening sun in Kathmandu.
June 12, 2015 at 5:30PM
Day 1165: Family life and duties resume
June 11, 2015 at 5:31PM
Day 1164: Mission Accomplished!
What an amazingly satisfying stay it has been in Nepal. Thank you very much for all the help and support that I have received from everybody and apologies to all the friends and families that I couldn't see this time around. I promise to make a special effort to spend time with you when I come back next time.
Albida!
June 2, 2015 at 5:39PM
Album Day 1155: Schools reopen after Earthquake 2015 in Kathmandu
Only after, just over a month, many schools in capital city Kathmandu Valley re-opens. Its not only, delightful to see these young kids going to school, but also, inspiring to see schools taking all the necessary safety measure to make they are well prepared in case next earthquake strikes. All the school seems to have psychological preperation plan for first few days to ease students into their daily mode of education. Some school also run a safety drills so that they know what to do, incase, the earthquake struck(again). Sanyukta, Tribeni, Sandeep, Kapil, Bimal Anuj
