KAVRE, NEPAL: POST QUAKE UPDATE The monsoon is here and many households in the villages are still living in make shift tents. As the days pass, we are beginning to see how widespread the needs and problems of earthquake survivors in many of the affected villages are. For example, 2 government schools (mostly attended by...
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KAVRE, NEPAL: BUILDING RAIN SHELTERS, A RACE AGAINST TIME Just when we thought the worst of Nepal’s double quake is over, strong winds have come. Many makeshift tarpaulin tents are being blown apart & away! Even some rectangular flat-roofed CGI shelters are not spared. Amazingly our arch-roofed shelters are holding up...
KAVRE, NEPAL: PICKING UP THE PIECES 10 days after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Gorkha, Nepal, we did a post-quake damage assessment in 3 of our network of 14 affected villages in Kavre District – Fulbari, Shikhapur & Ojetha. Almost all the houses suffered considerable damage and no one feels safe living in them. Over...
BARDIYA, NEPAL: REBUILDING 77 HOUSES Project House Rebuild officially started on 15 January this year in Gulariya village of Bardiya Municipality. Together with local village leaders, we selected 62 needy families to help rebuild their destroyed homes. Today 2.5 months later, about 10 houses are completed and 50 houses are in...
BARDIYA, NEPAL: REBUILDING 62 HOUSES 3 weeks after rebuilding work commenced, foundation work for 10 houses is completed! This is faster than expected and is a good indicator of the people’s zeal for the project and their capacity as a community. To encourage self-help and co-payment, families are...