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Crowd Funding Tawal Health Clinic
NAFA supporter, Dr Graham Solley, examines a child in the temporary centre (tent) at Tawal. He was very impressed with the health workers but was deeply concerned with the conditions they are working under. [...]
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 [...]
Nepal Knitters – end of an era
Jirikarka 2014 The knitting program began in 1998 when Ross and Brenda identified a need. They had travelled to Nepal 5 times by then and been to many village areas and seen how [...]
News Archives
2016 Nepalese New Year Dinner
Immerse yourself in a Nepalese cultural evening with delicious food and entertainment Saturday 7th May 5.00pm - 9.30pm VENUE: Good Samaritan Centre, Lourdes Hill College, 86 Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne. Tickets need to be prebooked [...]
2015 Nepal in the Park
Thanks to all the people who attended our annual Nepal in the Park at Mt Coot-tha This festival would not have been successful if it were not for all our wonderful volunteer Red Shirts [...]
Newsletters
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 [...]