Posts by Topic: Disaster Recovery
At the foot of Everest
Peter Hillary was just two miles south of Everest Basecamp when the earthquake struck.
All in the family
In Mahadev, 47 STOP Girl Trafficking students and their families are thankful for more than just their blue bags of emergency rations.
A bit of good news
After so much bad news, we were were delighted to get this email from our partner, Child Haven.
Class dismissed, for now
The schools are closed for now, but that hasn't deterred students in Panchkhal from getting some important lessons in health and hygiene along with relief supplies.
A visit to Kavre
Charu and Namrata visited Patlekhet and Pusrathunka villages to check in with our SGT girls in this earthquake-ravaged area.
Bigu Nunnery
In the year of the great earthquake of Nepal in 1934, a Drukpa Lama from Bhutan built the Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery so that women could also learn and find inspiration. 81 years later, another earthquake has demolished the nunnery.
Hari Siddi
Despite worries and hardship, the residents of Hari Siddi retain their typical Newari generosity and hospitality – both camps invited us to join them for a lunch of rice and lentils.
Keeping spirits up in Sankhu
The girls and their families appeared to be in reasonable cheer, despite having lost their homes and living in makeshift tent shelters.
Kathmandu, part two
Erica and Norbu camp out in Tsedo's garden and survey the damage in Kathmandu the first days after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal.
Report from Kathmandu
Erica and Norbu flew into Kathmandu two days after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. As they came down over the city they could see dots upon dots of orange and blue tarps covering the landscape.