Following on from the disastrous earthquake in Nepal, Amoria Bond employees have been busy fundraising and collecting medical supplies to help those most in need.
£1,117 / €1,528 / $2,296 was raised at our recent dress down fundraiser from employees. This was then matched by the Amoria Bond Charitable Trust to take the total amount raised to £2,234 / €3,056 / $4,593.
In addition, our Amsterdam office were busy collecting supplies of bandages, sanitary products, blankets etc which are urgently needed by survivors.
These have been taken to Nepal for distribution by our own Shelly Agrawal; along with those supplies donated by the AMZ and Orbis Hospital in The Netherlands.
Many thanks to everyone that has taken part. Today we received this update from Shelly about how the supplies are being used;
We would very much like to thank you for your contribution to the support for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal. We were very much impressed with the amount of effort made and money raised for the people here.
After consulting family and friends that are also involved in charity work, we have decided to give out the materials and funds as follows:
Medical material
The AZM, Amoria Bond and Orbis hospital donated a lot of materials, all related to wound-treatment and hygiene. For instance gauzes, bandages, Betadine and wound treatment cream. We have chosen to find groups that take these materials into the mountains surrounding Kathmandu and distribute it to the people who have not come down to the capital to visit a hospital.
We have donated the materials to 3 groups:
1. 'Youth thinkers society' and 'Nyano Sansar or Nepal Share': An organization of Nepalese youngsters that travel to the villages to help out people. In case they notice that medical support is required, they take medical staff with them. These doctors now can make use of the donated materials.
2. 'Medsted': An organization of medical students. They also go out to villages to help out the people with health issues.
3. TPO Nepal: An organization that focuses mostly on the psychological treatment of the victims. They also take medical staff along with them and can make good use of our materials.
