I was observing few
tweets, few status that were stating ‘It is easy to say, but difficult to
work’, pinching those Nepalese who don’t reside in Nepal. I can only try to understand how
it feels to be the real victim.
But, I don’t fall under that category of people, who stay
back infront of my laptop, open few social networking sites and suggest what
you should do, what others should do. I don’t fall under that category who
blames others. I, along with few of my friends started up the fund raising
campaign. After the candle lightning program was over, which was organized by
our junior Nepalese, we all planned for fund raising campaign. This was three
days of fund raising campaign, that began when our International Classmates
started collecting funds and handed us around ten thousand Indian currency.
I must thank my classmates, Tuya and Nara from Mongolia,
Ganga from Bhutan, Rima from Bangladesh, Patrick, Otim, Geofrey ad Christopher
from Uganda; Candy, Ori, Nenguba, Boniface, Lone from Botswana; Hilma from
Nigeria, Chandra and Christine from Guyana;
Devasiline from Laos; Damodaram, Puneeth and Shiva from India who began
this fund raising campaign.
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| Nepalese along with other countries students mourning for those departed soul. |
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| Sri Lankan female students lightening candle on Nepal flag. |
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| Students from Yemen participating in Candle lightening |
Day 1
One the first day, after receiving funds from them, we went
throughout the college for fund collection. We went to every classes to collect
funds from our college itself. In the evening, we went to hostel rooms for fund
collection. We could collect INR 38391 on first day.
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| My Team Mates |
Day 2
In the second day, we went to Vellore – City that is famous
for CMC Hospital. We tried collecting funds staying in front of VIT, but we
were not allowed to stay over there. We then went to CMC Hospital area, where
we got one such a good guy from Jain community, who took us to every shops and
helped us in fund collection. So, that day, all of the members did a vigil
infront of VIT College, and then one group went to Chittoor Street, another did
vigil infront of CMC Hospital and other group was under the guidance of
Musakan, who helped in such a beautiful manner. We could collect INR 44244 on
the second day. We got the highest donor this day, and also a simple request
stating not to buy any non veg products with that money.
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| My classmates in the vigil, Tamilnadu |
Day 3
On third day, we woke up early, and rushed in hungry stomach
to Krishna Teja College. I could barely create any voice that day, I was dying
of hunger. I had not eaten properly since the day of earthquake. I could feel
my blood running with low pressure. We were supported by a brother and a sister
from Nepal in that college. After visiting this college, we went to Emerald PG
College, where the management handed us with great trust. We were handed the
money in the stage thereby. We also collected funds from ‘Donation Box’ that
was placed in the mart thereby. We got certain amounts from those who were left
out. We could collect INR 39700 this day.
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| Emerald College management setting up for handing us the fund. |
These three days we worked with sincerity, showing our
patriotism. However, the funds were not limited only up with these figures.
They are continuously getting into our donation box. Our college management and
SITMS College also supported up the level that they could.
We can’t say that we have finalized amount, because the
funds are yet to come, and is in process. Till date we have INR 148503 with us. We believe, every penny is respect
towards us. We swear it not to misutilize it, and like we said, we will try to
go to those peoples who are the real victims, and if we could not do that, we
will donate it to some relief fund.
Thank You everyone for trusting us, supporting us. And for
those, who have not donated a pound of blood despite being in Nepal, I think we
are not so silent as you think here outside of India either.
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