Foundations become walls!
We are well on the way to the school being completed. Despite the horrendous weather conditions afflicting Nepal over the past couple of months, the team has kept going. Here are some progress pictures from September. As you can see we are now moving onto the construction of the walls! Things will hopefully keep progressing quite quickly from here. We are still raising money to complete this school, and for the next one. Please visit our “donate” page for information on how you can help.
ABIN featured in new movie, “Nepal’s Heartbeat lives within the infinite resilience of its people”
We are excited to announce the premiere of “Nepal’s Heartbeat lives within the infinite resilience of its people”, the documentary movie created by Nick Versteeg (DV Media) that is follow-up to his previous work “Five Weeks in Nepal”. The premiere will be showing September 19th @7pm in the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre.
Here is the synopsis of the presentation:
“In the sequel of “Five weeks in Nepal” producer Nick Versteeg, takes us back to Nepal to show what happened with the donations that were made two years ago after the devastating earthquake that killed more than 8000 people.
We travel with Nick and his guide Bibi to the Khumbu Valley and see the rebuilding process first hand. In the chaotic city of Kathmandu they are rebuilding the three hundred year old temples that came down in Bhaktapur.
Nick also teamed up with Rob Tournour’s organization “Another Brick in Nepal” to show the work his organization is doing to rebuild schools.
We travel with world-renowned earthquake expert Dr. Bishnu Pandey who is teaching the Nepalese people how to build better homes. The villagers are not and cannot be dependent on a chaotic government for reconstruction even though such has been promised.
It is with financial and technical help from outsiders all over the world that they rebuild their houses, schools and medical centres.
These villagers are the beating heart of Nepal. It is their infinite and inexhaustible resilience, which inspires the rest of the world.”
We will share how to view the movie after the premiere if you don’t manage to make it over the next couple of weeks.
Thank-you, Nick, for making such an amazing piece and showing the incredible strength of the Nepali people.
Monsoon Season
Just a quick update regarding the incredibly heavy monsoons now afflicting Nepal, and their impacts to construction:
From today work has been stopped on the school. It has been raining very heavily. Within 24 hours 36 people and hundred of domesticated animals were killed in the floods and landslide in different parts of the country. The Department of Weather forecast has warned people to remain alert for another 3 days.
This could be the start of a long delay due to the monsoons. Fortunately our Nepali project manager, Parshu, has made the correct decision to stop work until it is safe.
We will keep you updated on the progress, and hopefully for our friends in Nepal these dangerous weather conditions will soon be over.
Building Update
Construction is continuing well, with the concrete footings which form the foundation of the walls completed progress is looking good! Here are a couple of photos of Parshu and some of the construction team.
Parshu is meeting very regularly with the builders on site to ensure consistent, high quality work.
We still have to raise almost $20,000 to finish the first school and we need your help. Every little bit helps us get this village back their school. You can donate in a variety of ways including email money transfer (in Canada) to info@anotherbrickinnepal.com, send a cheque directly to us at 121-937 Dunford Ave, Victoria BC V9B 2S4, or go to our GoFundMe page and pledge money there. Thank you for your support!