Ingers Adventures in Nepal: Earthquake

MY REASON FOR THE TRIP

I have been thinking of something good to do for people in need, for somebody who is less fortunate than us Western creatures who live in total luxury. After reading an article about The Highlander Orphanage in Kathmandu, I picked that to be my project. I am going to raise money for the kids in an orphanage in Nepal. Now the challenge comes. HOW? ? First I am going to give them some of my time. I have decided to volunteer at the orphanage for 2 months to make it more real for me, to go out of my own comfort zone to see what life is really like there and not as a tourist. By doing that I hope others will contribute in different ways. My goal is to raise as much as possible to make a better life for kids who would live in total poverty if not for the help from others.

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Earthquake

Hello I am back, unfortunately not with the best news. A massive earthquake has hit Nepal and it is stretch over a huge area in the country. Communication is very difficult at this point because of the disaster. I have heard though, the village Phujel that I am trying to help was hit hard and the school we started building might not be standing at this point everybody is sleeping in the fields because they either don't have a house anymore or it is unsafe to be in it. If you google "Gorkha Nepal Earthquake" you will see lots of pictures from villages in the mountains that are destroyed, an aerial view will show a lot of rooftops with a ton of bricks crumbled around. We bought a piece of land in 2013 that we have started building on. I will write more when I know a bit more. As I said earlier a 100% of the money I raise goes to the project + I add some on top.
It is very sad in a country that is so poor that so much destruction has happened, and I don't know how they will ever rebuild it. I might have to start over with my project as well.
Namaste
Inger
May 12/15 Yesterday another Earthquake happened in the already devastated country. I am not sure how to even begin to help at this point, but I would like to try. It seems like a hopeless cause for all the people that are effected by it. Thousands are homeless and have no money to rebuild. The rainy season is coming up and many have no shelter or food. Please look at these pictures from April 25th to May6th. It is very difficult for me to even fathom what they all must go through.
Photographs of Earthquake Devastation in Nepal under each date there are about 5-10 pictures and this is all before the last earthquake yesterday. I have heard news about the school and it is damaged to the point where it is not usable anymore without extensive repair or it has to be totally demolished.
I would like to build a strong concrete building that could withstand another earthquake if it happened again so we don't have to start over again. It would just take a lot more money. I am open to ideas and help to do this.
I thank you kindly
Inger

My friend Karna on the land we bought to build a new school on.

The kids in the classroom of the existing school with a mud floor.
Below Andy and I with some of my friends, and Andy and I at a ceremony they had for us in the village at the school to show their appreciation for our fundraising to build a new school for them.