On April 25th 2015, 11.56 am, an 8.5 Earthquake left 9,000 dead, 22,000 injured, and Nepal’s water supply’s crushed, closed, or buried under avalanches.
4yrs later the ‘Clean Water Crisis’ is very real. Although we have restored water to 100s of villages, 21 desperate appeals sit on my desk, from our Nepal leader Hanok .
From north, south east and west, from Mt Everest to villages at 18ft; entire village families write signing the letter with a thumb print in ink or blood, pleading for help.
Even in the capital, 4 years after the earthquake there is still a drinking water ‘crisis’ The national newspaper recently exposed the situation: a public water tap, padlocked 22 hours a day, open for two hours only; a woman sleeps in line near the tap for ‘one-pot’ of water; 100s of pots lined up waiting for 7 hours daily.
The water is contaminated; many report sick. The monsoon rains have not come, it’s a desperate situation.
We travelled 40 miles from the far west Nepal Town to a remote large room for 3 days with 200 leaders of remote high-altitude communities. After training in our methods they returned, and taught their people everything they had learned; and visited every home, discovering the need and conditions of the village families. For the first time they been welcomed inside the Buddhist and Hindu homes
Nepal Dalit Milk Co-op generator. 1yr ago we restored water to the 89 Dalit families at 13,000 ft. They have formed a Milk Co-Op, and bought a refrigerated storage tank. But electricity was diverted from them as Dalits. The answer, a big generator to allow unhindered cooling and distribution. We provided the funds: One month later it was carried up the mountain and now working. An example of ensuring an income for every family, and an open door for ever to us and those we work with.
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