A young Australian traveller is missing and his family needs your help.
Update: Jacob Riordan has been found safe and well.
Jacob’s sister contacted Mamamia on Sunday evening to advise that Jacob has been found. He was trekking with a friend when the earthquakes occurred, and has since made contact with his family to assure them of his safety.
We can only cross our fingers that the stories of the other Australians missing in Nepal have the same happy ending.
Mamamia previously wrote:
Jacob Riordan has been travelling in Pokhara, Nepal, which is the region that was the epicentre of yesterday’s earthquake.
His sister, Essie has been in touch with Mamamia and said that she understood he was making his way to Kathmandu in time to fly home to Australia on 2 May.
Jacob was last seen two days ago and he hasn’t made contact since the earthquake.
Jacob is 192cms tall, has sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. His sister said that he has probably grown a beard while travelling.
Jacob is an environmental worker, who was travelling in Nepal on holiday. He lives in Belgrave, and is a graduate of the University of Melbourne where he studied Philosophy and Psychology. His sister has told Mamamia that Jacob is a “quiet, thoughtful, loving person – and a much beloved son, brother, and uncle.”
Jacob’s sister Essie says, “if anyone has seen Jacob, please get in touch with us any way you can (email, twitter, facebook). If you run into him ask him to contact us, or get in touch with the Red Cross or the consulate who have his details and know we’re looking for him.”
Essie has also made a plea for help on Twitter:
Please share Jacob’s picture widely with your networks and hopefully someone will be able to get in touch and share some information with his family.
If you have information or you need consular assistance you can contact DFAT on 1300 555 135 or from overseas on +61 6261 3305.
If you would like to donate to the rebuilding efforts, a fund has been started at Global Giving. You can find the relief fund here.
You can also donate to CARE Emergency to supply medical resources here or to Mercy Corps, who will be helping the survivors, here.
Top Comments
He's been found - his sister posted about it on facebook.
I work with Nepalese guys on site and none of them have been able to contact or find out about their families back home yet or have we found out about the two that are currently on break and in Nepal. At this stage, it would be expected that you haven't heard from them so don't be too quick give yourself a heart attack with stress. You will need to think about him getting out of the country assuming he can't hit the May 2 flight. Whether he has enough financial resources on hand to buy a new ticket, (expensive) hotels for a couple more weeks, etc.
Good luck!