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 road to Jiri is narrow and winds through hills and small villages, the 90km journey took us 7 hours. Due [...]
Rod and Deb went to Tawal for three days (25-28 October) shortly after arriving. We wanted to get an updated assessment of their situation following Rod’s visit in June. The five hour jeep part of the trip was terrible as the road is ungraded and barely useable. The photos could not prepare Deb for [...]
Every two years the Non-Resident Nepali Association of Australia awards the prestigious Friend of Nepal to a worthwhile candidate who has made a significant contribution in helping the people of Nepal. This year Sanchita Koirala and Nirmala Pandeya presented Stewart Jones with the 2015 NRNA Friend of Nepal Award Stew has been a NAFA member since the mid 1990s [...]
Homes were destroyed On April 25 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook central Nepal destroying entire communities, killing more than 8,800 people, displacing more than 500,000 people and leaving millions in need of hope and security. Weeks later on May 12, a 7.3 magnitude quake also struck eastern Nepal near Everest. [...]
Chermading school with renovated tin roof prior to the earthquake On April 25 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook central Nepal destroying entire communities, killing more than 8,800 people, displacing more than 500,000 people and leaving millions in need of hope and security. Weeks later on May 12, a 7.3 magnitude quake also [...]
Awaiting the tin roofing to be delivered by helicopter The roofing tin has now been distributed to the 1,223 families in Ri VDC who lost their homes. Carrying the tin roofing home What an amazing effort from so many people: generous [...]
NAFA would like to thank the Nepalese Association of Queensland NAQ and the Nepalese community for their very generous donation of $37,000 to go towards the earthquake disaster relief in Tawal. This money has been sent to Nepal. Our co-ordinator in Kathmandu, Chandra Tamang will purchase the food and roofing tin and send it [...]
On 25th April a 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal, the epicentre was in the Gorkha district, west of Kathmandu. A second earthquake on 12th May measuring 7. 4, the epicentre to the east of Kathmandu and the tremors were felt as far as about 2400 kilometres away. Patale, Okhaldhunga Solu Khumbu/ [...]
Before the disaster -Tawal in the distance -Dhuseni in foreground Introduction On 25th April Saturday around 11: 43 am local time, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake ripped through Nepal, bringing death, destruction and misery in its wake. To date, over 8,000 people have lost their lives, thousands more are injured and hundreds of thousands [...]
Nepal suffered a massive earthquake on 25th Aril 2015 and since then the country has been further destabilized by continuous aftershocks. We have received reports from our representatives in Nepal that areas where we have assisted communities with the building of classrooms, school toilets, water infrastructure and other community development infrastructure have been badly [...]