As you are aware on Anzac Day this year, Nepal was hit by an incredible earthquake. This natural disaster has claimed the lives of more than 5,500 people with the number growing as more people are accounted for. Newington has been travelling to Nepal for the past 20 years and many of our boys have worked and lived at various small villages affected by the earthquake. Only as recently as the Christmas break did 30 Newington students travel to the Beni Community Health Service Centre in Nepal.

To help those less fortunate in Nepal the Newington Community aims to raise $5,000 to help aid the recovery process. We would be enormously grateful for any donation you could make to this worthy cause during our upcoming events and fundraisers.

Alternatively, If you would like to donate directly to an organisation on the ground in Nepal we urge you to consider SOS Children’s Village International. Newington has had a long and proud relationship with SOS, which includes our special connection with the SOS Hermann Gmeiner School in Bhaktapur.

SOS Nepal commenced its own relief efforts within 24 hours following the earthquake. Meals and shelter are being provided for hundreds of homeless people by SOS Nepal. There is no doubt that many more children have been orphaned by this disaster and as a consequence SOS Nepal will be called upon to broaden its support for parentless children yet again.

To find out information on the SOS Nepal relief here.

To donate online directly to SOS Nepal, please click here.

Thank you in advance for your generosity to assist those who are in desperate need of our help in Nepal.

Edward Treloar (12/FL)
Deputy Senior Prefect