Nepal

In rural Nepal, tertiary institutions are hard to come by.  Opportunities for higher education is mostly limited to those who are wealthy and live in the metropolitan centres.

In response to the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which shook Nepal to the ground, this project will implement two separate phases of assistance:

Following the April 2015 earthquakes and aftershocks of Nepal, on-the-ground aid workers and their local connections are busy at work to restore and rebuild what was lost in the Southwest of Kathmandu.

On April 25th 2015 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake thundered through the Central and Western districts of Nepal.  A series of smaller aftershocks continued throughout the subsequent week leaving the country completely devastated with whole communities reduced to rubble and loss of life exceeding 9,000 people.

In the hilltop highlands of Nepal’s North East, locals live a traditional subsistence existence.  Village life is built around small scale farming and yak grazing with some young men finding employment as Sherpas in mountaineering tourism.