IT WAS SIX DAYS INTO MY FIRST VISIT TO NEPAL IN APRIL 2015 THAT THE 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED.

 

IT CHANGED EVERYTHING.

I WROTE A STORY ON THE JOURNEY TO INDIA.

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WHICH BECAME AN ILLUSTRATION PROJECT.

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WHICH BECAME A BOOK. 

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WHICH BECAME A KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN.

WHEN THE KICKSTARTER WAS FUNDED AS WELL AS THE BOOK THERE WERE ILLUSTRATIVE PRINTS AND SCREEN PRINTED T-SHIRTS.

AND AN ONLINE SHOP, WHICH LAUNCHED SIX MONTHS AFTER THE QUAKE.

WHICH THEN MANIFESTED INTO TALKS IN SCHOOLS.

AND

 PRESENTATIONS IN DESIGN AGENCIES.

AND

 SIGNINGS IN BOOK SHOPS.

JUST OVER A YEAR AFTER THE QUAKE, THE BOOK HAD RAISED OVER £7,000.

I PARTNERED WITH THE GURKHA WELFARE TRUST TO REBUILD SHREE BARBOT SCHOOL

FAST FORWARD TO THREE YEARS AFTER THE QUAKE...

IN APRIL 2018 I WENT BACK TO NEPAL TO VISIT THE SCHOOL WHICH IS NOW FINISHED

A TRUE STORY OF HOW SOMETHING AS SMALL AS WRITING A STORY ON A BUS CAN MANIFEST INTO SOMETHING BIGGER THAN I COULD HAVE IMAGINED.