Nepalese photo exhibition to raise money for earthquake relief

Saturday 02 May 2015

An exhibition of recent photos from a Jersey couple’s trip to Nepal is going on display to help the relief effort from the weekend’s earthquake that has claimed thousands of lives.

Caroline and David Moody were in Nepal last November, and now they want to use the images that David captured to help raise money to support the aid to the country.

The Jersey Overseas Aid Commission has already sent £90,000 to the relief effort, and a public appeal has been launched by Bailiff William Bailhache, who has described the unfolding disaster as a “a human tragedy on a massive scale” as the official death toll from Saturday’s earthquake reached 5,000.

Caroline said that they hoped their exhibition titled “Namaste Nepal” – which features the above picture of three-year-old Anouska from just outside Pokhara in the foothills of the Annapurna range in Nepal – would raise money and awareness of the plight of the Nepalese people.

She says that she and David are keen to return to Nepal “as soon as realistically possible”.

Caroline, who is Assistant Editor of the JEP, said: “I actually first went to Kathmandu when I was 19 and I always wanted to return.

“I was lucky enough to do that last year. The Nepalese people are so welcoming and friendly.

“We were invited into people's homes, the most memorable was a family in the foothills of the Annapurna Range just outside Pokhara. We were served black tea and offered litle oranges from their tree.

“We saw how basic their living conditions were. It was a simple but happy life.

“We just felt we had to do something to help, however small. We are sad to see the loss of historic buildings but moreso the loss of people's livelihoods with their small shops and restaurants all packed in next to each other.”

The exhibition is at Cooper’s Coffee at Castle Quay from Saturday to Monday 11 May.

Picture credit: David Moody