While NAFA is no longer being directly affected by COVID, our new normal is not the same as it used to be - again, no annual fundraising dinner and few market stalls. At least I was able to visit our projects in March. As was the case in the COVID years, NAFA continued to [...]
The third and likely final year affected by COVID – though our new normal is not the same as it used to be: again, no annual fundraising dinner and few market stalls but at least Deb and I had visits to Nepal during the year, though in the second visit in late 2022, we [...]
A second year affected by Covid we had hoped for a return to normality but again no annual fundraising dinner, only a couple of market stalls and no visits to Nepal by NAFA executive officers. However, like 2020, we were still able to continue to support our Nepali funded partners through Covid, fund our core [...]
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 no annual fundraising dinner, only a couple of market stalls and, except for a short visit by the President in [...]
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 in the remote, eastern Nepal villages of Kophu, Patle, Shyama and Dhupisurke. In 2018 NAFA continued to focus on helping remote villages rebuild infrastructure destroyed [...]
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 in the remote, eastern Nepal villages of Kophu, Patle, Shyama and Dhupisurke. Patle school 4 classroom block In [...]
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 in April and May 2015. After allocating $400,000 in 2016 towards the rebuild, NAFA allocated another $191,505 towards the second [...]
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 April and May 2015, After allocating nearly $100,000 in 2015 to NAFA’s initial responses (provision of medical supplies, roofing tin, [...]
President's Report 2015 You can download and read our reports by clicking on the links below. NAFA_Presidents_Report_2015 NAFA_Treasurers_Report_2015 Financial_Statements_31_Dec_2015
Nepal Australia Friendship Association Qld (NAFA) President’s Report for 2014 This report was submitted at the AGM held on 31 March 2015 The Big Picture: NAFA’s focus and guarantee to donors NAFA celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2014 by allocating $122,249 to 17 one-off projects and 11 ongoing programs in Nepal. This [...]