Generous shoppers dig deep for victims of the Nepal Earthquake

Generous shoppers at a busy Swansea shopping centre have raised over £2,000 for victims of the Nepal Earthquake earlier this year.

The Quadrant Shopping Centre received a request from a group of Swansea University students from Nepal to fund raise in the Centre where a million shoppers visit every month.

In response the Quadrant wheeled out their big guns, the Centre’s special collection box was set up in the middle of the mall and the people of Swansea did the rest – to the tune of £2,300.

The money has now been handed over to the students by Quadrant Shopping Centre deputy manager Lindy Emms who said: “There is a long-standing bond between the people of the UK and Nepal and no-one who saw the terrible effects of the earthquakes there earlier this year could fail to be moved.

“We’re delighted at the response from the people of Swansea who have once again shown how generous they are and we’re sure their contributions will be put to good use now.”

Nepal was devastated by the natural disaster on April 25 that claimed over 9,000 lives and Swansea University student and fund-raising organiser Manju Gurung said: “My husband phoned me from Nepal to tell me about it and he sent me some photos.

“The wall to our compound in Kathmandu had fallen down but our apartment was okay and I was lucky as I knew straight away my husband was safe.”

Manju, a registered nurse studying public health at Swansea, eventually found that all her family had survived but they had to sleep outside for a long time because of the threat of aftershocks.

Ravi Nyaupane, who took over the organisation of the appeal when Manju returned to Nepal this summer, said: “I am very delighted the people of Swansea have raised such a massive amount of money.

“I can assure them that money will reach those communities where children became orphans, parents became childless and where schools, homes and livelihoods were destroyed in the earthquake.

“Very importantly I wish to thank you at the Quadrant for this great generosity and the continued support you’ve offered to us to benefit the people who are in need in Nepal.”

Caption: Manju Gurung and Ravi Nyaupane with Lindy Emms, deputy manager of the Quadrant Shopping Centre where over £2,000 was raised for the Nepal Earthquake Appeal.