Our Aid for the Flood Victims Has Arrived

Yesterday, Tashi from Ashraya was able to distribute relief supplies to 128 families affected by the floods. This is the first aid that has arrived in these villages.

 

The people thank the Ashraya Foundation
The people say ‘thank you’

In the past few days, Tashi had used the donations from our association to procure relief supplies and hired a lorry and a jeep for the transport. Thank you to all the sponsors who responded to our appeal for donations!

He put together a team of volunteers and took the aid to three villages in the municipality of Roshi. Because of the destroyed roads, the villages were difficult to reach. In many places they had to use makeshift tracks.

The picture that the aid workers then saw in Roshi was shocking. Large parts of the valley are covered by a layer of mud and rock that is metres thick in places. The photos here bear witness to the extent of the destruction.

Destruction by a slide of mud and rocks with buried buildings Fields buried by mud and rock as far as the eye can see. Building collapsed by slide of mud and rock House buried by mud and rocks

The distribution of the relief supplies went smoothly and in an organised manner. The affected families each received 25 kg of rice, 1 kg of sugar, 1 kg of lentils and a litre of cooking oil. This covers their basic needs for some time. Tashi also brought biscuits for the children to give them a little treat during this difficult time. Let's hope that the announced government aid will arrive at some point.  

Tashi in front of a crowd of waiting people A queue of people in front of the lorry with relief supplies

Tashis Report

Tashi's report on the relief operation can be found here.

You can also find a video of the relief operation (largely commented in Nepali) on youtube here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AH--qPr-sSU