(l-r) Sulekha Agarwal AS 15, Smriti Amatya AS 15, and Manisha Shrestha AS 16 at the Nepal Solidarity Day table
On May 7, 2015 students from Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM), School of Medicine (BUSM), and School of Public Health (SPH) held an event on the Talbot Green in support of relief efforts in Nepal as a result of the devastating earthquake on April 25 that killed over 8,800 people and injured more than 23,000.
The Nepal Solidarity Day was created to raise awareness and to raise donations to reliable and trusted organizations leading relief efforts in Nepal. The students also created a web-page to facilitate this process.
Onsite, the students distributed over 300 information sheets with a QR code that directs the user to a webpage encouraging people to donate. The students used computers and iPads onsite for online donations during the event. Some students and faculty offered musical performances and displayed prayer flags and other Nepali items. In exchange for donating, the Nepali students offered a “your name in Nepali” table, where visitors received a bookmark with their name written in Nepali.
GSDM student organizers were: Sulekha Agarwal AS 15; Smriti Amatya AS 15; Neemi Lama Sherpa AS 16; Manisha Shrestha AS 16; and, Smriti Singh AS 16.
To date, the donation webpage has received over 2,500 visits and approximately $2,000 has been donated to the selected organizations as a result of the event on Talbot Green.
Photos are available on Facebook and Flickr.
If you would like to make a donation, please scan this QR code with your smartphone or visit http://tiny.cc/nepalsolidarity.