Monthly Program Update - Nepal (January 2020)

NEPAL EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY UPDATE JANUARY 2020

TOTAL PROGRAM IMPACT

478 219 3191 22

STUDENTS IMPACTED

VOLUNTEERS

VOLUNTEER DAYS

CLASSROOMS IN PROGRESS

Current Activities Makwanpur Program The brickwork for the first building has been completed and we’ve started rendering work and installed the truss roofing. On the second building, we’ve completed the construction up to sill band, started laying brickwork over the sill band and installed the door and window frames. The retaining wall that secures the building has been completed. The water retention tank is taking shape - we have poured the bottom slab, completed tying the rebar for the walls and fabrication of formwork for the walls has started.

Marin Program The construction is moving forward simultaneously in the four buildings. In the first two, the teams are already working on the bricklaying while in the other two buildings they’re finishing with the rebar and the formwork necessary for pouring of the footings. We also have had the first fun friday and the volunteers had the opportunity to spend an afternoon with the students.

Beneficiary Stories “I come from a remote part of Nepal and I do not have formal education. I have a family of four including a son who was born with disabilities, my wife takes care of him full-time. We are farmers but our land is not enough to provide for us throughout the year. I was hired by AHAH as a semi-skilled mason nearly five years ago. Since then, I have had the opportunity to earn, improve and learn new skills. I want to thank AHAH from the bottom of my heart for helping me, I now have farming as well as masonry skills that will help me take care of my family through thick and thin. I would also like to thank all the kind hearted volunteers that I have met at AHAH from around the world.”

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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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