Earthquake Aid Nepal

The Earthquake not only took people their home away. According to the United Nations more than half a million people still can not feed themselves. Many of the peasant families in the region losttheir livelihoods and their income. The landslides have devastated the crops and destroyed theseed stocks. "The fields are lying on extremely steep slopes, traditionally  the cultivating is done on terraces. But the terraces have to be cleared and repaired, before new cultivating can take place, "says Pinar Gögkun. So that farmers can cultivating a little bit again, the partners in the four municipalities gave out seeds for vegetables and cereals and agricultural equipment  already in the last summer. So the first harvest will bring around 7,500 families safely through the winter. Another partner is involved in the two districts and Sindhupachok Dolakha to give out more than 16,000 peasant families seeds and tools for the new beginning. Attention is paid to seeds which are winter-harded and adapted to the climate varieties. Foils for covering protect the young vegetable plants. Special bags help the seed to preserve moistering. Rhadika Shrestha in the village Thauthaligot seed for lentils, mustard and wheat. For the 40-year-old peasant woman, who has lost her eldest son at the quake, this is a first step back into life.

There's so much more to do in Nepal after the erathquake - even if the Media isn't present to inform the rest of the World. Please donate, don't forget Nepal!