A charity has raised over £70,000 in ONE DAY by skydiving out of planes at 14,000 over Nottinghamshire, all in aid of landslide victims in south India.
The British Malayali Charity, which has been running for 12 years and has raised £1.3 million since its incorporation, invited supporters to join them for a day of tandem skydiving at Skydive Langar, where 27 adventurers and their families headed to make their jumps on Sunday 8th September 2024.
The jumpers travelled from far and wide, including Nottingham, Leicester, Manchester and Belfast, with one skydiver – Mr. Shajan Skariah, the managing Editor of the leading online news Marunadan Malayali – travelling all the way from India to take part.
Speaking of their achievement, Shri. Shajan Scaria, who is the founder and patron of the British Malayali Charity, said:
“It’s an incredible feat and we’re so grateful to everyone who came out to support our cause. People in southern India are in such desperate need after the landslide which killed a lot of people, leaving many young people destitute and without any financial support to cover even their living costs.
“We wanted to do something big which shows our support while raising as much money as possible to help the people of India. It’s amazing to see so many people coming out to take part or just to cheer the skydivers on. Thank you to everyone who has donated and of course thank you to Skydive Langar for helping us to make it happen.”
Keeley Titterton is the charity skydive coordinator at Skydive Langar, who worked with the charity’s founders to arrange the skydiving day. She said:
“We welcome a lot of charity skydivers here at Langar and we’re always impressed to see how much they’ve been able to raise and the range of worthy causes they support.
“The British Malayali Charity was a pleasure to work with and we thoroughly enjoyed having them here at the airfield and jumping with them. We’re so pleased the sun was shining for them and wish them all the very best with their ongoing fundraising efforts.”
An emergency appeal was launched in August 2024 after a landslide disaster struck Kerala, India, killing over 500 people and leaving villages and homes in disrepair. Many of the Malayali community in the UK hails from Kerala, so they moved quickly to raise much needed funds to support the communities back home. The raised funds may be used for rehabilitation purposes for the families, who lost their dear and near ones, houses and all their assets including the cash and crops.
The group aims to raise £100,000 total by the end of the month and have pledged a portion of the funds to support Alzheimer’s Society UK.
Skydive Langar is the UK’s biggest skydiving centre, welcoming thousands of tandem skydivers every year, plus student and fun jumpers, many of whom have been competing in the recent British Skydiving National Championships and some of whom recently returned from the World Championships in Czechia.
Find out more at https://www.skydivelangar.co.uk/tandem-skydive/skydive-charity/
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