Humanitarian Projects
Bhaktapur, 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 MoreSixth Day Care Center Opens
The blessed children and parents, with a deep sense of gratitude, welcomed Reverend Bhante Wimala to their small village on June 19, 2015 for the inauguration of a new day care center. In Payapay village in Tacloban City, mothers and children rejoiced on the occasion of the opening of their new day care center. As…
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 MoreDay Care Center 5, Completed And Inaugurated
As Rev. Wimala continues to help the victims of Typhon Haiyan, he is reaching more people in more villages who still need help to rebuild their lives. Barangay 60-A is the 5th village to receive a Day Care Center from Rev. Bhante Wimala’s Super Typhon Haiyan Disaster Relief Programs. About sixty (60) children a day,…
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…
Read MoreTemporary Home for Five More Families
We have constructed and handed over a temporary home for five more families. They all lost their homes to the earthquake and were living in tents that were not comfortable. I got the request from one of our monks to help them. I visited the families and saw their terrible living conditions and immediately made…
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