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President Report 2018
The Big Picture: NAFA completed the rebuild or substantial repair of fifty-four earthquake resistant classrooms at eight schools, thirty-five classrooms in four Dhading district schools: Kutal, Ladap, Richet and Tawal and nineteen classrooms [...]
2018 Fundraising dinner
Making a difference to people's lives in Nepal This year's Nepalese New Year Fundraising event on the 5th May 2018 was a huge success. The hall at Lourdes Hill College was buzzing with supporters and [...]
President Report 2017
The Big Picture: Rebuild completed in many villages and half way to completion in others! NAFA’s focus in 2017 continued to be helping remote villages rebuild infrastructure destroyed by the devastating earthquakes that struck Nepal [...]
Crowd Funding
COMMITTEE MEMBER Rick Parkes aged 74 is walking 817 km on CAMINO NORTE to raise funds for Children in Tawal Nepal for education and health Tawal villagers pouring a concrete slab on classrooms [...]
What will NAFA do after earthquake rebuilding is completed in 2018?
In mid 2018 NAFA hopes to complete the significant rebuilding commitments it made after the devastating earthquakes in April and May 2015. It will be a big achievement for a small, volunteer run NGO - [...]
Fun in the great outdoors – Nepal in the Park 2017
Our annual “Nepal in the Park” fundraiser was held on 20th August at the JC Slaughter Picnic Grounds, Mt Coot-tha. Nepalese dancing “Base camp” was decorated with colourful prayer flags and marquees, and [...]
NAFA allocates funds for second phase of remote schools earthquake rebuild program
NAFA has allocated nearly $140,000 to rebuild thirteen classrooms in four villages (Tawal, Kutal, Ladap and Richet) when roads open after the monsoon season. Tawal school 3 large classrooms finished July 31 2017 [...]
First phase of NAFA’s remote schools earthquake rebuild program completed!
In the past nine months NAFA has helped nine remote villages across five districts in Nepal rebuild or substantially repair their schools after the devastating earthquakes in April and May 2015. Recently constructed Shyama [...]
President’s Report for 2016
The Big Picture: Rebuild is well and truly underway! Rod and Kancha in Tawal NAFA’s focus in 2016 was helping remote villages rebuild infrastructure destroyed by the devastating earthquakes that struck Nepal in [...]
Sadit Maharjan reflects on work and life in remote Nepal
Sadit with host family Post the earthquake of April 2015, I was more exposed to the humanitarian role that a civil engineer can play in reconstruction of the society. My will to help [...]
News Archives
Nepal in the Park Festival 2016
Young Everest summiteer joined in the fun at Nepal in the Park Alyssa on the Lhotse face It was a wonderful celebration of Nepalese culture and everyone had a chance to meet [...]
Nepal in The Park 2016
We are proud to announce that Alyssa Azar, the youngest Australian to summit Mt Everest, will be attending our cultural festival Nepal in the Park – Mt Coot-tha So come along and meet this courageous mountaineer and [...]
Newsletters
30th Anniversary Newsletter
Water infrastructure in village schools 30 highlights in 30 years – including NAFA’s responses to the 2015 earthquakes As we enter our 30th year of existence, over 95% of the earthquake rebuild commitments [...]
Newsletter – February 2018
There's been quite a bit happening since we sent out the last newsletter. Communities have been progressing - and in some cases completing - repair and rebuild work, and NAFA representatives have visited all of our [...]
Newsletter – October 2017
Ladap finished July 16 2017 In the past 9 months NAFA has helped 9 remote villages across 5 districts in Nepal rebuild or substantially repair their schools after the devastating earthquakes in April [...]
Newsletter April 2017
Earthquake rebuilding Two years since the devastating earthquakes, good progress is being made rebuilding infrastructure in the communities where NAFA works. NAFA has allocated $448,000 across five districts of Nepal - Dhading [...]
Newsletter February 2017
Dear Supporters of NAFA Welcome to our first newsletter in 2017. In this newsletter you will get a sense of the breadth of NAFA's development projects in Nepal. Many thanks to everyone who donated so generously to NAFA's initial response [...]
25th Anniversary Newsletter
NAFA was formed in 1989 after the 30 volunteers from the Nepalese pavilion at Expo 88 wanted to help underprivileged people in Nepal and form friendships with the small Nepalese community in Brisbane. Today [...]
Knitters Newsletter 2014
Lumsa, Solu Khumbu Many thanks to all our knitters, read our latest newsletter Knitters Newsletter 2014 No 14 Besdec childrens home From October 2013 [...]
Our 25th anniversary
NAFA was formed in 1989 after the 30 volunteers from the Nepalese pavilion at Expo 88 wanted to help underprivileged people in Nepal and form friendships with the small Nepalese community in Brisbane. Today [...]
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Each year our members volunteer their time for big and small projects in Nepal. Our main projects are recorded on the website but during their stay in Nepal our members experience many [...]