Climate Action Leeds
Climate, nature, social justice
Wed 09 Sept
|Bedford Fields Community Forest Garden
Candlelight Vigil for Nepal-Tibet Flood Victims
Members of the Nepalese community in Leeds invite everyone to come together to reflect and honour the memories of those lost in the August 26 disaster.
Time & Location
09 Sept 2026, 18:00 – 19:00
Bedford Fields Community Forest Garden, Woodhouse Cliff, Woodhouse, Leeds LS6 2LG, UK
About the Event
This event has been planned by Pramesh Bhattarai, a Nepalese masters student at Leeds Trinity University.
A few months ago, Pramesh wrote a blog for the CAL Network sharing his insights from working on climate in Nepal, a country which contributes a tiny amount of global emissions.
Below are Pramesh's words on why he wanted to organise this event and the plan he has created for the evening. All are welcome to attend - if you can please register via this webpage, that will help us know how many people to expect.
Many thanks to Bedford Fields Community Garden for opening their space for this gathering. (While the garden is outside, the roundhouse and gazebos will provide shelter in the event of rain.)
"On August 26th, 2026, catastrophic flash floods tore through the Nepal-Tibet border region, triggered by a glacier collapse that sent a wall of debris and water through…