Relief Appeal for Nepal Earthquake Victims

Relief Appeal for Nepal Earthquake Victims
Mr. Prasanna M Shrestha
President
Mr. Gyanendra Shrestha
Vice President
Mr. Rishi Bastakoti
General Secretary
Mr. Dibya Pradhan
Treasurer
Ms. Purnima Limbu
Social Program Coordinator
Directors:
Dr. Bharat M Shrestha
Fundraising, Project and OutReaching
Mr. Prajwal Basnet
Social and Recreational
Program
Mr. Bikash Dhungel
Member Welfare and Help
New Arrivals
Mr. Suraj Gurung
Children, Youth and Parental
Education and Awareness
Mr. Bedanta Chhetri
Information, Publication and
Association Promotion
Mr. Keshar Bhattarai
Community Awareness and
Emergency Management
Advisors:
Mr. Arun Shrestha
Mr. Mohan Vaidya
On Saturday, 25th April, 2015 a disaster of an epic proportion struck Nepalese capital
Kathmandu and many surrounding districts from an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude.
Death toll has already exceeded 7,500 and tens of thousands are injured. Many more
are unaccounted for and the search for survivors continues.
This is one of the worst earthquakes to hit Nepal in more than 80 years. Homes,
buildings, roads, other important infrastructure and historic sites were reduced to
rubbles. Many large aftershocks have jolted the area. Tens of thousands have become
homeless, and people are sleeping on roads and open grounds for the fear of their
lives.
Outside help have started to reach Kathmandu but rescue efforts are yet to reach many
rural communities due to bad weather, lack of resources and transportation facilities.
Many outside communities are still desperately waiting for help. So, more help is
needed in the form of monetary, materials, medical supplies, and volunteers in these
dire situations.
Nepal needs support from countries and communities around the world to deal with its
immediate and long term needs to rebuild the ruins from this disaster. The Calgary
Nepalese Community Association (CNCA) has begun collecting funds to provide
support to the victims of this earthquake. CNCA will focus on immediate relief and
supply delivery to earthquake victims as well as long term rebuilding of the damaged
area. Your donation will be used to support the affected communities in all possible
ways. CNCA has formed a partnership with Canadian Red Cross Society to send the
collected donation to the organizations working on the ground in Nepal. Every dollar
collected by CNCA will be used for the relief of earthquake victims in Nepal. Anyone
donating $5 or over will be issued a tax receipt directly from Canadian Red Cross
Society.
Your donation of any amount will help the victims in a great way, so please help.
Federal government of Canada has also announced that it will match -- dollar-for- dollar
-- all eligible contributions to the Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund until May 25. Any
individual contribution made through CNCA will go to Canadian Red Cross Society Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund thus the donation would be 100% matched by Federal
government as long as contribution is made on or before May 25, please act soon.
You may choose to donate online using Credit card or PayPal or Interac e-Transfer.
You can also deposit your donation to our bank account directly or write a cheque and
send it to us. To make your contribution online please go to: http://calgarynepalese.ca/.
Required information for direct bank deposit or writing a cheque can be found here:
Beneficiary: Calgary Nepalese Community Association (CNCA)
Bank: CIBC Bank
Institution Number: 010
Transit Number: 00319
Account Number: 6322115
If you are writing a cheque, please send it to CNCA, P.O. Box: 68240, RPO Crowfoot,
Calgary, AB, T3G 3N8.
Mr. Prem C Gurung
We thank you very much for your generous support.
Ms. Sabita B Basnet
Sincerely,
Calgary Nepalese Community Association (CNCA)
P.O. Box: 68240, RPO Crowfoot, Calgary, AB T3G 3N8 Tel: 1-403-284-3223
[email protected]
www.calgarynepalese.ca