We are a group
of families, photographers, writers, social activists, all linked by the same
cause of demanding truth and justice for those families who have a relative
that was disappeared during the conflict.
We are residing in Nepal,
belonging to different nationalities, mainly Nepali.
Sitting around a
table first with a hazy plan how to give voice to the unheard families, we were
finally introduced to some of them and since we have been visiting them and
listening to their stories. We decided to start working with them, taking
pictures, filming and having a vision of how their current life has been
affected by the loss of their beloved.
Getting to know their stories
the hazy plan found it’s home in a concrete project which is to be understood
as a not politically affiliated
initiative but as a joint action in raising the voice of some of the most
vulnerable and marginalised people of Nepal.
Families Representatives, Activist, Social Mobilisers |
Each of us with his/her
own creativity and expertise will try to give it’s support in starting up a fund and awareness raising
campaign which will have different phases with specific goals. Throughout the
entire project mothers, wives, sons and daughters of
missing persons will be involved through a participatory approach. Hopefully
they will have a chance to stand up for their rights, united in their emotional
struggle.
We need your help to raise funds but also awareness about
what still is a forgotten and unresolved issue in the country of Nepal. Most of
the families, are from poor rural areas and they hardly
have been supported throughout the conflict and it’s aftermath.
We need your
help to allow the start up of a platform which will then give more visibility
to the families in expressing their demands, their feelings and opinions.
A candle for the Disappeared, families gathering |
An opportunity to give tools
and space to the families to bring forward their demand for truth and justice.
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