Harry and I arrived in Kathmandu on October 28th after a very long 36 hour trip. It’s really great being back, catching up with staff, colleagues from other INGOs, and friends we made here previously, as well as seeing the progress that was made in the field since we left early last May. We spent the first few days in orientation with World Renew’s Program Manager, Mukti Suvedi, before he returned to Canada to spend time with his family.
It’s really great being back, catching up with staff, colleagues from other INGOs, and friends we made here previously, as well as seeing the progress that was made in the field since we left early last May. We spent the first few days in orientation with World Renew’s Program Manager, Mukti Suvedi, before he returned to Canada to spend time with his family.
World Renew Kathmandu office
World Renew has 2 offices in Nepal: the official one in Kathmandu as well as a field office in Bidur, Nuwakot District, which is approximately a 3 hour drive west, where staff are based and all the action happens. Each office has a bedroom where we can stay.
World Renew is currently working on a shelter program in the Manakamana, which is in the district of Nuwakot. Our goal is to have 285 earthquake resistant houses completed by the end of July 2017.
Carpenters learned how to make not only doors, windows, and trusses for houses, but also furniture for their homes… beds, tables, benches, etc.
The reconstruction program was delayed by the monsoon season and the holidays, but now that they are behind us, our shelter reconstruction can start in earnest.
Six prototype houses were constructed during the monsoon season and are nearly completed, needing only doors and windows and some final inside touches before the owners can move in.
95 year old Sanu Maya Tamang has been living in a lean-to attached to her daughter’s house ever since her house was destroyed by the earthquake 1 ½ years ago.
We found her sitting in front of her newly constructed house, eagerly waiting the day that she can move in.