NEPAL EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY UPDATE DECEMBER 2019
TOTAL PROGRAM IMPACT
478 144 1861 22
STUDENTS IMPACTED
VOLUNTEERS
VOLUNTEER DAYS
CLASSROOMS IN PROGRESS
Current Activities Makwanpur Program Our team is constructing two new buildings at Manakamana Basic School. Work on the first building has been completed upto plinth level and we’re moving towards phase II of construction. Work on the second building is progressing well too, where the backfill for the plinth band has been started. We’ve also completed a community led project, which aims to address the severe shortage of water in the community. Two water tanks, each with twenty thousand litres capacity, have been built and the team has started work on the water retention tank at the school. Marin Program Our second program is now underway. Our team has completed the building layouts and started the excavation work for all four buildings (cover picture). And, the school management committee assisted in the landscaping work for the school. We were also thrilled to have the opportunity to host 37 BlackRock volunteers, who worked on site and engaged in extracurricular activities with the students of Manakamana Basic School.
Beneficiary Stories “I’m happy to have this job here, at the AHAH base—there are no other job opportunities in this village for women. My life has already started to get better because of the income I get from doing laundry for AHAH.”
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Disaster Profile On April 25, 2015, a 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal near the capital city of Kathmandu; the worst of its kind in more than 80 years. More than 9,000 people lost their lives, a further 23,000 were injured and there was major destruction of homes infrastructure. The earthquake resulted in more than 5,000 schools being damaged or completely destroyed. On May 12, 2015, a second 7.3 earthquake struck the country, causing further devastation and loss of lives.
Our Work Thanks to the crucial support of our partners, donors, local community and volunteers from around the world, we have been running impactful programs in Nepal since 2015. We have completed 21 schools to date, serving 5000+ students, and we are currently working on three more schools. We have implemented Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) facilities, including toilets and water filtration systems at our schools. Recently AHAH has introduced EdTech (educational technology), which is the use of technological resources that facilitate learning and improve academic performance at selected schools.
About All Hands and Hearts We effectively and efficiently address the immediate and long-term needs of communities impacted by natural disasters. We communicate directly with local leaders and community members and then deploy our unique model of engaging volunteers to enable direct impact, helping to build safer, more resilient schools, homes and infrastructure. We have earned a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator six years in a row and a Perfect 100. Less than one percent of rated nonprofits have received this distinction for financial and operational efficiency.
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