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Message from the NAFA President – End of Year Appeal
Dear Friends and Supporters, In Australia, we are beginning to see some welcome relief from the discomforts of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are not yet free from the dangers of infectious spread or new strains [...]
‘Everest Challenge’ & ‘Tour de Brisbane’ …. Mission Accomplished !
Russ approaching Mount Coot-tha on the Tour de Brisbane 2021 "Mission Accomplished ...... on Sunday 11th July 2021, I completed my ‘Everest Challenge’ and the ‘Tour de Brisbane’.I took part in the Tour de [...]
Tour de Brisbane & Everest Challenge – Progress Update
Full details of this Fundraising event can be found on the Events Page. "Two weeks on from my last email, and it’s time for a progress update. I have challenged myself to take part in [...]
Tour de Brisbane & Everest Challenge – 11th July 2021
At the end of March NAFA Secretary Russ Waller announced his participation in the Tour de Brisbane cycling event. Russ' motivation is to raise funds for Sungava Home for Young Women with Intellectual Disability, which [...]
President’s Report 2020
After celebrating NAFA's 30th anniversary at the Annual Fundraising Dinner in May 2019, little did we know what would lie ahead for 2020. In a year like no other due to Covid-19, there was [...]
Newsletters
Newsletter May 2021
After celebrating our 30th Anniversary at our Annual Fundraising Dinner in May 2019, little did we know what lay ahead in 2020 – a year like no other, due to Covid-19: no annual fundraising dinner [...]
Newsletter May 2020
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30th Anniversary Newsletter – 2019
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 – 2014
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 [...]