On 25 April 2015, a strong earthquake measuring Richter scale magnitude 7.9 struck Nepal with aftershocks. The earthquake affected over 30 districts in Nepal. In the worst affected Nepal, 8 million of the local population is affected, over 5,000 people were killed, around 11,000 people were injured, and over 500,000 families became homeless.

In response to the devastating situation of Nepal, Hong Kong Radio Control Soaring Society decided to give a help by funding through charity sales. Method used is same as the previous South Asian tsunami, Sichuan earthquake, Taiwan typhoon and Japan Earthquake: Donor will first take photos on the donated items, which will include all remote control aircraft or any other items, then post the photo and the relevant details onto the forum with a starting price. Any people interested can leave a message with the price they wish to pay. The highest price will obtain the items.

The charity sales event has ended at 8th May, 2015 night, 12:00am. A total of HK$30,468 was funded; the event is preceded very successful. For details, please have a look at below link:
www.rcsail.com

When the charity sale is over, committee member has used around one week to complete the exchange process. After collected all the funded cash, committee has issued a cheque with the amount of HK$30,468, along with a name list of donator with their donated portion, to Hong Kong Red Cross (HKRC) South Asia Relief Fund. The name list is mainly for the convenient of HKRC to distribute the receipt to donators. The letter sent to the HKRC has clearly stated for the use of relieving Nepal situation. HKRC has already sent an email to confirm that letter has been received at 19th May.

(Reported by: Ma Siu Man, Ivan)