Tuesday 05 May 2015
On Saturday 25 April, an earthquake which reached 7.8 magnitude hit Nepal.
Thousands have been rendered homeless. The pictures and stories coming out of Nepal show families ripped apart by this disaster. Survivors are in need of urgent medical help, shelter, food and water. In many cases, they have lost everything and the relief organisations are ready to help them rebuild. However, they need the financial resources to enable them to respond.
The Bailiff has opened the Disaster Relief Fund to act as a focus for Guernsey donations in support of fund raising initiatives promoted by the Disasters Emergency Committee. The Disasters Emergency Committee unites a number of leading independent humanitarian agencies in the United Kingdom in their efforts to maximise donations from the British public in order to contribute to an effective humanitarian response to major disasters overseas.
The Bailiff's Disaster Relief Fund provides a facility through which donations by Islanders can be channelled to the Disasters Emergency Committee. It is not intended to discourage would be donors from making donations to local or other charities of their choice. The intention of the Bailiff's Fund is to provide a convenient easy way of donating and to assist donors who are uncertain whether to make a donation to one charity rather than another.
How to give
Anyone wishing to make a donation through the Bailiff's Disaster Relief Fund can do so as follows:
By bank transfer:
Bank: Nat West Bank, Guernsey
Sort Code 60-09-20
Account Number 74070487
In person at the bank counter:
Any branch of NatWest in the Bailiwick for the account of Bailiff's Disaster Relief Fund, number 74070487
By post:
Cheques may be made payable to Bailiff's Disaster Relief Fund and sent to The Bailiff's Chambers, Royal Court House, St. Peter Port, GY1 2NZ
The Disasters Emergency Committee
The relief effort is co-ordinated by the Disasters Emergency Committee, which distributes funds to its member agencies playing a role in a particular disaster relief operation. The member agencies:
- Age International
- Islamic Relief
- Action Aid
- Merlin
- British Red Cross
- Oxfam
- CAFOD
- Plan
- Care
- Save the Children
- Christian Aid
- Tear Fund
- Concern Worldwide
- World Vision
