All posts tagged: "earthquake"

1. Meet the Donors : Estrella and Javier
   

     Javi and Estrella are from Spain. They arrived to Nepal as part of a group for the first time on April 24, 2015. Less than 24 hours after their arrival, the earth tremendously shook and killed thousands of people. They have never been that scared. A few days after…

2. Moti Aama
   

   Moti Aama was only seventeen when she experienced her first earthquake, an 8.4M shock that struck Nepal on January 15, 1934. Eighty-one years later,her home was destroyed by the recent massive quake in 2015 that also killed four people in her small village. After two months of living in the…

3. Meet the community 1 : Dinesh Tamang, leader of the community
   

   Great projects come true due to the people behind them. Our project in Dhola couldn’t be possible without a man completely devoted to the cause. This man is Dinesh Tamang, the leader of the community we are currently helping building 55 homes. Check out this video to learn more about…

4. Rebuild Homes | Heal Hearts – Dhading Reconstruction Project
   

   Description of the project It is under the guidance of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Founding President of Rangjung Yeshe Shenpen that we started this important reconstruction project new months ago. The project consists to sponsor the purchase of the construction material for the 55 houses that will count the new village of…

5. Shenpen Annual Newsletter – a Review of 2015
   

   There is a review in photos and texts of the year 2015 in Nepal. Hope you will enjoy reading Shenpen’s latest Newsletter.     You can also read Shenpen’s Winter Newsletter in pdf on our website: https://www.shenpennepal.org/newsletters/  

6. Rachel’s Nuwakot Journal
   

   The following are a collection of pictures and a journal entry composed by our wonderful Shenpen volunteer, Rachel Fiona. Thank you, Rachel, for all your kindness and hard work!   “We departed from Kathmandu at 7.00 that morning. It didn’t take too long before we left the urban landscape behind…

7. Timuri, Rasuwa Relief Project
   

               On August 7th, 2015, a team of monks and volunteers left Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling monastery in Boudhanath, KTM loaded with earthquake relief supplies destined for the Timuri/Sertang villages in the Rasuwa District of Nepal. The families of Timuri/Sertang have lacked adequate shelter since the…

8. Jorpati Yolmo Refugee Project
   

   August 25th, 2015 – Although many of our Shenpen relief efforts are directed toward benefitting communities in remote areas, in some tragic cases the damage caused to large areas of land has forced entire communities to seek shelter within the Kathmandu valley. One such community has recently moved to Jorpati,…