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As Nepal grapples with the aftermath of deadly floods triggered by a glacier collapse on August 26, a mortuary wall at a Kathmandu hospital has become a symbol of hope for families of the missing.

United Sikhs Malaysia volunteers added photographs of 55 uncontactable Malaysians to the wall, joining thousands of others pinned up by families searching for loved ones.

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00:02At a hospital mortuary in Kathmandu, a wall covered with photographs, names and contact
00:08numbers has become a symbol of hope for families desperately searching for missing loved ones.
00:15The wall reflects the scale of devastation left by floods that struck the Nepal-Tibet
00:20border on August 26, triggered by a glacier collapse. Thousands remain missing, including
00:27fifty-five Malaysians who are reported uncontactable.
00:31On Sunday, volunteers from United Seeks Malaysia added photographs of the missing Malaysians
00:37to the wall at Treibhuvan University Teaching Hospital, joining thousands of others already
00:43pinned up in the hope of bringing the missing home.
00:57We have the same hope to be able to find them and to bring them back to Malaysia.
01:03We will do the best at our capacity to record for them, to find any clue and do our best
01:14to
01:14bring them back to Malaysia.
01:15This is definitely a very great moment for everybody who is watching this video.
01:23I think there are photos in the count of thousands in the back of me, each pillar with numerous
01:32photos with similar hope.
01:48For the families still waiting, the wall has become more than a record of the missing.
01:56It is a place of hope where prayers are pinned alongside photographs.
02:00Of the 132 Malaysians affected by the disaster, 77 have since been located safely in Tibet and
02:09Nepal and are undergoing processing in Kathmandu ahead of their return home.
02:14The remaining 55 are still unaccounted for.
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