Christchurch - June 17, 2015 Christchurch schoolgirls who were in Nepal during the devastating April earthquakes have helped raise more than $20,000 for the Nepali recovery effort. Twenty six students and four teachers from St Margaret's College were in Nepal when the 7.8 earthquake hit on April 25. Nearly two months on,
Month: June 2015
Sam Johnson’s Kiwi team helping build the first of 1000 shelters for desperate villagers
Christchurch - June 10, 2015 Christchurch’s Sam Johnson has helped organise the construction of 70 transitional shelters in outlying areas of Nepal that have had no assistance since the devastating April earthquakes. Johnson, who foundered and led the Student Volunteer Army after the Christchurch earthquakes, has joined forces with the RiseNepal organisation
Sam Johnson returning to Nepal to provide urgent aid work
Christchurch - May 28, 2015 New Zealand’s Student Volunteer Army founder Sam Johnson is launching a second humanitarian aid mission to help outlying villages in Nepal following last month’s earthquake that killed more than 8000 people. See a Radio New Zealand article here Johnson flies to Nepal next week with a team of