Nepal Earthquake Relief Efforts
142 Families in Our Temporary Housing
We handed over temporary housing for 22 more families in Bhaktapur, Nepal. They lost their homes and were living in plastic tents under very difficult conditions. With the opening of our temporary housing project #12 in Bhaktapur we have a total of 142 families in our temporary housing for those who lost homes to the…
Read More110 Families in Naubise, Nepal Receive Zinc Sheets for Roofing
Ven. Bhante Wimala continues to assist those who lost homes in the devastating earthquake in Nepal to rebuild livable shelters. He recently distributed zinc sheets for roofing for 110 more families who lost their homes to the earthquake. This time his efforts were centered in two remote villages in a mountainous area called Naubise. With…
Read More70 More Families Receive Zinc Roofing Material to Repair Damaged Homes
Following a plea from Kavrepalanchok region resident Ganesh Prasad Parajuli, on July 25, 2015, Venerable Bhante Wimala distributed zinc roofing material for more than 70 families, whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the April 25, 2015 earthquake that devastated Nepal. Residents continue to face great hardship following the loss of family members, homes and…
Read MoreBhaktapur, Nepal – Twenty More Families Moved to Temporary Housing Units
On July 27, 2015, twenty families whose homes were destroyed in the devastating April 2015 earthquake were moved into newly constructed, temporary shelters. Previously living in makeshift, plastic tents that were vulnerable to the heat and rain, residents were eager to relocate to the new, temporary housing. After witnessing the unsafe, hot, wet conditions…
Read MoreRoofing Material for 54 More Families
I was delighted that we were able to help 54 families with roofing material in the totally devastated village of Irku, Nepal. After losing their homes during the earthquake and having no shelter from the elements, having a roof over their heads is one of the most urgent needs these days for the people in…
Read MoreTemporary Housing for 16 More Families Who Lost Homes in the Earthquake in Nepal
We were able to provide temporary housing for 16 more families who were living in extremely basic plastic tents on the roadside in Bungamati. All the families lost their homes during the earthquake and most of them were living in small tents on the side of the road. On June 15th 2015 the 16 families,…
Read More63 Families in Devastated Kalika Village, Nepal Receive Much Needed Food
Traveling on a dusty, unpaved, very rough road we arrived in Kalika Village with a busload of rice. Yes, a busload. When I asked the people helping me why they have to use a bus to transport our rice they told me that these buses climb these roads with heavy loads like no other vehicle…
Read More183 Families Receive Urgently Needed Food Supplies
We are continuing to reach hundreds of families in more and more villages devastated by the disastrous earthquake in Nepal, and provide them with urgently needed food supplies and roofing material. Recently we reached two difficult to reach villages ravaged by the earthquake, the villages of Lele and Champi. Very little help had arrived in…
Read More32 Families Receive Roofing Material and Financial Aid
?Dear Venerable Bhanteji, All the families in my village are very happy to receive roofing material and financial help from you. Since earthquake this is the biggest help we have received. Now we all can build our temporary house. We are very grateful to you. Thank you very much.? – Bina Nagarkoli We were glad…
Read MoreMay 28, 2015 Relief Mission to Dolakha, Nepal
In a mission I was privileged to organize, with the assistance of Nepalese Buddhist monk Tapassi, we have distributed urgently needed food supplies and sleeping mats to seventy families in Nepal’s Dolakha region. Families continue the difficult work of rebuilding their lives after the devastating April, 2015 Ghorka earthquake, the worst natural disaster in Nepal…
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