Remote Village Infrastructure
NAFA supports infrastructure development in selected remote villages.
Allocations have included:
- water infrastructure
- micro-hydro electricity that brings electricity to homes, local schools and newly created small businesses
- improved cooking stoves that use less wood and reduce smoke in homes
- bio-gas
- solar panels
- agricultural cooperative infrastructure including training, the introduction of higher value crops and animals, a hi-tech nursery, a permanent marketplace for several villages and other income-earning initiatives for particularly disadvantaged members of the cooperative
- oil/grinding mills
Rebuilding the classrooms in Shyama Dolakha
Shree Seti Devi Primary School is situated on a hill above the village of Shivalaya and educates children from playgroup to Grade 6. School after the earthquake NAFA has been involved with [...]
Classrooms in Kophu school, lower Solu Khumbu rebuilt
Over 180 students attend Shree Rampur Lower Secondary School which has 10 classrooms and an office and educates children from playgroup up to year 8. Completing the foundations NAFA started assisting this school [...]
Classrooms in Patle, Okhaldhunga rebuilt
Over 340 students attend Shree Patle Higher Secondary School which has 15 classrooms and an office and educates children from playgroup up to year 10. Preparing the land and retaining walls NAFA [...]
Villages provide volunteer labour towards rebuild of their community infrastructure
Clearing school site at Patale NAFA always expects volunteer contribution from villagers in all funded projects. This engenders the spirit of partnership and ownership within communities and helps drive NAFA’s hard earned donations [...]
Celebrating the rebuild of remote infrastructure in Nepal!
Practical training with stone mason It has been the year of rebuilding remote village infrastructure following the devastating earthquakes in 2015. NAFA allocated $448,000 to earthquake related projects in five districts of Nepal: Dhading [...]
Report on visit to Shyama, Dolakha
Ross and Brenda’s visit to the village of Shyama with our Solu Co-ordinator Phurba Sherpa, architect Sabin Shrestra and NAFA members Kusalta and Saskrita Shrestra - 14 October 2015 Temporary shelters The [...]