Bradgate Rotary sends £550 to Nepal

Members vote quickly to help flood-hit area

A woman in Nepal carries all her remaining possessions on her back. Click on this link to read the latest update from the Reuters news agency

Members of Bradgate Rotary were moved to see coverage of the disaster which struck in Nepal when global warming led to a flood disaster which has claimed thousnads of lives and left many more thousands homeless.

They looked at the balance in their 'emergency' pot and decidd to send £550 without delay.
Follow this link to read the latest update fromt he Reuters nes agency.

Bradgate Rotary thanks all those members of the public who coninue to support our fund-raising efforts which make donations like this possible.

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