Narooma High School principal Tony Fahey was in Nepal at the time of quake volunteering with the Orange Rotary Daybreak team working on education and health projects in the region.

The good news for Tony is that he flew out of Nepal on Thursday on a commercial flight and he the other Australians on the Rotary mission, including Doug Reckord from Kalaru near Bega, are back home.

The 7.9 magnitude quake struck Nepal on Anzac Day, just before midday, while they were travelling on a major four-lane road.

“We had left the Anzac Day ceremony at the Australian Embassy for a sight-seeing tour of World Heritage sites around the city,” Mr Reckord said.

“All of a sudden it felt like the bus had somehow developed several flat tyres, such was the severity of the shuddering.

“Several people yelled out in alarm, ‘What's happening to the bus?’.

“In front of us, several motorbike riders lost balance and dropped to the ground.”

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Now they are urging locals to get behind the fundraising.

“The Nepalese people were wonderfully hospitable to us and it breaks my heart to think of the struggles these lovely people have to face,” Mr Reckord said.

“However, I know they are resourceful and resilient and with our help they will be able to recover from this terrible disaster. Please give generously.”

Lynch’s Restaurant charity dinner

Nepal natives and Narooma chefs Rosh Shrestha and Roman Sen and Rosh’s partner Fulya from Lynch’s Restaurant are organising a fundraiser dinner at the restaurant on Friday, May 15.

There will be raffles of donated goods on the night and Rosh is asking any local business to donate items, while he would also like interested people to book for the dinner on 4476 3022.

Rosh said 40 per cent of the proceeds from the dinner will go to the Lions Club of Kathmandu Downtown.

They have also put “Nepal Earthquake Relief – Pray for Nepal” donation tins at several Narooma businesses.

Rosh and Roman say their family back in Kathmandu city are safe, but their lives have been heavily impacted having just moved back home after spending days living in a park.

Drinking water, food and electricity are still in short supply.

Asha Foundation

Narooma resident Pat Reid is organising a fundraiser for the Asha Foundations emergency appeal.

The fundraiser was originally for toilets at the foundations school in Bhadratar, a village 60 kilometres from Kathmandu.

There is now no school because of the earthquake, so attention has shifted to the emergency appeal.

They had raised $20,000, and counting, through the appeal already.

Around 47 orphaned children that the foundation supports are sleeping in a park in Kathmandu.

It’s unknown how many survivors are in Bhadratar village because no one can get there.

The Asha Fundraiser Emergency Appeal for work in Nepal is on at the Narooma Golf Club on Saturday, May 30 at 12.30pm.

Cost is $25 and booking is essential with payment due by May 15.

Red Cross collection point

The Narooma Red Cross office, located at Shop 4/114 Wagonga Street in the arcade opposite the Commonwealth Bank, is the local collection point for tax-deductable financial donations to the Nepal Region Earthquake Appeal, where Red Cross is already on the ground helping.

Information on what is happening in Nepal can be found on the Red Cross website www.redcross.org.au