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1. Making a difference during crisis
   

   It is generally the poorest that are the most vulnerable to pandemic. The disease doesn’t remain just a health issue. With the virus continuing to rise we are now facing unprecedented heath, economic, social and psychological catastrophe. In poor countries, the situation is too terrible to fully comprehend. Nepal is…

2. COVID-19 Lock down – Nepal
   

   Since the beginning of the lock down, Shenpen has providing food and hygiene packages to support students who come under its School Meal Program and their families, and to families at risk in Kathmandu, helping to support between 100 and 200 families per week. There are many more families who…

3. Relief Program at Chitwan
   

     Over one-million people all across Nepal were adversely impacted by the floods of August 2017. The catastrophic toll stands at 160 people dead, 45 injured, 29 missing, and 43,000 homes destroyed. According to government reports, the disaster temporarily displaced 21,000 families. On January 8th, 2018, Rangjung Yeshe Shenpen, in…

4. Shenpen needs help!
   

     Shenpen would like to enlarge its volunteer team and, consequently, created two new positions: 1) Volunteer Writer and Editor; and 2) a English to Nepali Translator.  Please, read the job description above and feel free to contact us if you are interested. You are also welcome to share information…

5. 2016 Rangjung Yeshe Shenpen Annual Report
   

   Shenpen’s team is happy to share with you its 2016 Annual Report. 2016 Rangjung Yeshe Annual Shenpen Annual Report Enjoy it!   Cover photo: C. Randazzo

6. Relief Distribution to Flood Victims at Baruwa Madi
   

   Before the traumatic experiences of the April 2015 earthquake could be fully processed, we were again subjected to the traumatic experiences of horrendous floods since the second week of August 2017. Due to heavy rainfall the entire villages of Baruwa Madi,  were totally affected by floods, the entire villages have…

7. Official inauguration of 55 houses in Dhola with Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche
   

   After more than a year of intense work, on March 29, 2017 we inaugurated the fifty-five houses sponsored by Rangjung Yeshe Shenpen. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, founder of Shenpen, formally received an award by the vice-president of Nepal, Nanda Kishor Pun during the official inauguration ceremony. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche kindly traveled…

8. One of Shenpen’s project on the news: Update on our reconstruction project in Dhola, Dhading
   

   Here is a video taken during our last visit to Dhola with Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche. Most of the work is completed and villagers, after having lived almost two years under the tent can at least move into their new homes. Shenpen, with the help of Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery, invested…