Dinners, vigils, auctions and comedy nights across Perth and Fremantle. Here is each one, what happened, and what it raised.
We hold events when we have the people and the venue, not when a disaster is already on the news. Money sitting ready is money we can send in days.
Seventeen days after the earthquake we put on the Nepal Earthquake Relief Fundraising Dinner at Eat Greek in Fremantle. About a hundred people came. The money bought emergency supplies that our volunteers in Nepal handed out themselves.
Thank you to everyone who came, donated items or helped on the night. Friends of Nepal Inc. supported the evening.
Eat Greek gave us the venue and the meal for free. Around a hundred guests came for live auctions, raffles, cultural performances, a buffet dinner and a straight account of where the first round of money had gone.
That took the two dinners to $15,145 between them. Both nights sold out.
Our biggest room yet. Nepalese stalls, a live jazz band, Nepali cultural dance, auctions, raffles and singing. The Himalayan Nepalese Restaurant provided the food and hospitality at no cost.
The Mayor of Fremantle opened the night and lit a candle for the people who died in the earthquake.
One year after the earthquake we held a candlelight vigil for the people who died. Singers and poets performed in their memory. There was Nepalese tea and light refreshments, and no ticket price.
Thank you to NAWA, NRNA, NRNAWA, ANESASA, Friends of Nepal, Namaste Nepal, HAWA Entertainments, Sunrise Nepal and NUFCWA for standing with us that night.
A charity dinner was organised to mark the 4th anniversary of We Care Nepal and commemorate the 2015 earthquake. A candlelight vigil was followed by musical and cultural dance performances by various local artists in Perth. The proceeds from the event were used to support relief distribution projects for victims of the 2019 storms in the Bara and Parsa districts of Nepal.
A charity dinner was organised to mark the 6th anniversary of We Care Nepal and commemorate the 2015 earthquake. The event featured live performances by Perth-based Nepalese artists, exciting raffles, auction of special items and mouth-watering Nepalese delicacies. We were able to raise approximately AUD 20,000, enabling us to deliver multiple community support projects.
One of the first events the Nepalese community in Perth had after a long stretch of COVID restrictions. The point was to give people a good night out together.
Comedians Subodh Gautam and Deepak Acharya performed, along with singers Pashupati Sharma and Rachana Rimal. More than 240 people came and the community took it well.
Charity dinner featuring Manoj's October ride of massive 530km organised at Darbar Indian Nepalese restaruant Fremantle was attended by 75 guests. While raffles and auctions were usual part of the dinner night, the campaing raised close to AUD 12,000. The funds were used to support students from two schools in Nuwakot and another school at Dolakha.
Most of them are not on the committee. If any of this sounds like something you could do, say so.
Cover a cost such as the venue, the printing or the sound. Your business gets named on the night and in the write-up afterwards.
Signed sports memorabilia, artwork, a service, a weekend away. Auction lots have raised thousands in a single evening.
Perth has a lot of Nepali musicians and dancers. Our nights run on them. Get in touch if you want a spot.
Door, tickets, raffle, setup, pack down. It is a few hours and it is the difference between a night that works and one that does not.
Send us a message and we will let you know when tickets open.