FUNERAL APPEAL: ASYLUM SEEKER UDDHAV BHANDARI
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From: Robina Qureshi
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:42 PM
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] URGENT APPEAL FOR DONATIONS: to return Uddhav Bhandari's body to his wife/family in Nepal
UDDHAV BHANDARI FUNERAL APPEAL – please forward and circulate
Dear friend,
I am writing to you regarding Uddhav Bhandari, the Nepalese asylum seeker who died recently after he poured petrol on himself and set himself on fire in the Immigration and appeal tribunal buildings in Glasgow earlier this month.
A post mortem has been carried out and Uddhav’s body can be released to his wife and family who are in Nepal. Uddhav’s family are extremely poor and do not have the funds to pay for the funeral and airline costs.
We are therefore launching an urgent appeal for donations to the Uddhav Bhandari Appeal to return his body to Nepal so that his family can grieve properly and organise his funeral arrangements according to Nepalese culture.
Without this appeal, there is every likelihood that Uddhav’s body could be left in a Glasgow morgue indefiintely, similar to an iraqi Kurd whose body was left in a Kent mortuary for three years before we organised donations from our supporters.
The total cost of the funeral and airline costs to return Uddhav Bhandari to Nepal is £3,997. If 100 people give £40.00 each this would achieve the total target. But please donate as much or as little as you can afford, every little bit will help. The sooner the money is raised the sooner Uddhav’s body can be sent back to Nepal. We will publish the money raised so far on our website at www.paih.org . Please see below for how to donate.
Thank you for your help and I look forward to hearing from you,
Robina Qureshi
Director
Positive Action in Housing
Ways of giving
You can donate money in one of three ways: a) internet banking, b) by making an online donation through a secure server, or c) send a cheque – See below for details.
a) internet banking
You can make a donation to the Appeal to:
NAME OF ACCOUNT: Positive Action in Housing
ACCOUNT NO: 00447398
SORT-CODE: 82-20-00
(REFERENCE/COMMENT: Uddhav Funeral appeal)
Please also email home@... to confirm that you have made a payment, and state how much so we know how much has been raised.
b) Donate online
To make a one off online donation click here. Please remember to state in the ‘message section’ that the money is for the uddhav funeral appeal.
If you have a credit or debit card, you can make a completely secure online donation. Making a donation online is a mutually beneficial and convenient way to give for the following reasons:
· Quick - your donation reaches us immediately and we can put it to use straight away.
· Cost effective - there are less administrative costs involved enabling more of your pound to go towards the cause.
· Environmentally friendly – it’s a paperless facility that requires no postage, which is also cost effective.
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Please also email home@... to confirm that you have made a payment, and state how much so we know how much has been raised.
c) Send a Cheque
Send a donation by cheque MADE PAYABLE TO Positive Action in Housing, and MARK THE BACK OF THE CHEQUE ‘THE UDDHAV BHANDARI FUNERAL APPEAL’, then post to:
Ms KAM KAUR
ADMIN MANAGER
Positive Action in Housing
98 West George Street
Glasgow G2 1PJ
Please also email home@... to confirm that you have made a payment, and state how much so we know how much has been raised.

Remember If you are a UK taxpayer, you can increase your donation by 28% by making a Gift Aid Declaration. Print off and complete the attached form and send it with your donation.
ROBINA QURESHI
Director
robina@...
Tel: 01413532220
Mob: 07967532086
POSITIVE ACTION IN HOUSING
98 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1PJ
Tel: 0141 353 2220 Fax: 0141 353 3882
Email: home@... Web: www.paih.org
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