Latest news

Just back from rural Nepal,  to visit the clinic, the villages and village people that we love there.

It is encouraging to see that there is more fuel available and that the "unofficial Indian border blockade" appears to be slowly ending.

There is still too much inertia in getting charitable donations to where they are most needed. We heard that one large NGO still had not delivered a lalrge quantity of emergency winter supplies, even though winter has well and truly passed. The Nepali people need help, not political obstacles in this difficult time.

As it was difficult to get regular and accurate information on the post earthquake conditions of many of the villages where we have been helping out, Bernard flew over to Nepal in late May 2015, firstly to see how things really were first hand, and also to distribute some of the funds we had raised directly to where it was needed.

We held a Nepal Earthquake 2015 fundraiser at Stanwell Park Surf Club, and we had a wonderful turnout from kind people from many areas in the southern region of Sydney and the Illawarra.

The hard organisational work was done by Sarah, Mandy and Zoë, and thanks to them it was a really memorable evening, and we collected a siignificant amount of money for health and education in rural Nepal.

A large (7.9) earthquake struck the country on April the 25th at midday. For those that know the country, the epicentre was in the Gorkha region, but the whole country! Villages near the epicenter had over 90% of the homes destroyed and many people died. 

There are no words to describe the decimation of this poor country, where the people are so resilient but so often seem to be forced to endure hardships beyond what most of us could cope.

It doesnt matter how you choose to help Nepal at this terrible time, but please do something, no matter how small.