Update #23

Back in October we posted about what was happening or more realistically, what wasn’t happening due to the unofficial blockade imposed by India. Two months later and the situation hasn’t changed, if anything it has got worse, as to rub salt into the wounds, the electricity everyone has been so reliant upon for cooking due […]

Update #22

As the monsoon rains lashed the country and our rebuild plans ground to a halt until the dry weather returned, the political parties finally came together to find consensus on the long awaited new Constitution of Nepal – something that has been eluding them for the last 8 years! Hurrah we all thought, finally something […]

Update #21

Our latest mission was once again back to Sindapulchowk with more bolts of material, tailors and sewing machines to make school uniforms for the 323 students and their teachers at Shree Ram Secondary School, in the village of Chokati. Given that a road bridge along the way had been damaged in a flash flood, the […]

Update #20

Last week we headed back to Sindapulchowk with more school supplies, but this time to check out a sub health post destroyed in the earthquake and that we have been asked to help rebuild. The roads were horrendous, more mud and water than anything else thanks to the monsoon rains and persistent landslides. We failed […]

Update #19

After receiving a request to help rebuild their school with a permanent structure from the Principal and School Management Committee of Shree Aarukhaka Primary School in Yarsa VDC, Rasuwa, it was decided that before any commitment could be given, a recce should be made to assess the feasibility of the project. With the school only […]