This mission was a one with a slight difference. It was not about emergency aid to those left homeless and destitute after the earthquake; it’s focus was on cementing relationships with a community that we had already given some help to, and supporting them in their dream of rebuilding their local primary school so their […]
After a week of rest, planning sessions and meetings the Himalayan Quests team is off once again, this time to fulfill the promise of returning to the first village in Rasuwa we supported with relief supplies, and to help them rebuild their primary school which was flattened in the April earthquake. The team of 8, […]
To say this mission was a bit of an epic is an understatement! The information received from the locals was not totally accurate, especially re the walk in to the village from the road, 2 – 2½ hours turned into 5 along narrow tracks and crossing massive landslides. This was also the most dysfunctional village […]
Amrit and his team have just left for Pangarphu the Tamang village in Gumba VDC, Sindapulchowk we were previously unable to reach, due to massive landslides triggered by the May 12 quake. This is a slightly different mission. Yes, we are going with tarps alongside tin sheets for shelter, and yes we have some food […]
We just made it back after spending two days in Jiri municipality, Dhokala district, near the epicenter of the latest 7.4 earthquake. We planned this mission according to an informative phone call which gave detailed information about a dire need for help, yet a lack of response. It was a nine hour bus ride from […]
