Thankfully, the students are uninjured. The school buildings have been completely destroyed. The focus now is on providing sufficient food, clothing, and shelter. Tashi, our close friend and school director, is doing much of the food coordinating, and is currently directing the efforts to provide 30 kg of rice to every villager in surrounding villages. Tashi...
Our contact, Shrestha, at the Singhadevi school has informed that the school building was damaged during the earthquake, his house as well as 151 other houses in the community have collapsed, and that food is in shortage. We were told that no relief items have been distributed to the village except for a small tarp...
The following pictures were taken on 4/28/15 (Nepal time). The kitchen has collapsed, but the rest of the school remains standing with no visible structural damage. For that, we would like to thank the engineer, Arna Raj Silwal, who helped us with the construction of the Nakote and Nurbuling schools. Without the help and dedication...
The following pictures show the Sermathang area which is on the other side of Helambu. The Yangrima School,almost like a sister school to the NEIO schools in Nurbuling and Nakote, has been completely destroyed. We are continuing to get news from the NEIO schools as well as neighboring areas to see how we can best...
The map below shows the schools NEIO has a working relationship with, and their closeness to the epicenter of the earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25th. Although on the outer rind, Nurbuling was very close to the aftermath area and suffered great damage. We continue to collect funds to show our support for the...