By Tony Sharpe | Project Leader
Over the weekend the Nepal Trust with the Nidan Hospital and our collaborative community partners visited Sipa Pokhari VDC in Sindalpalchowk district. There are 9 villages in this VDC with over 600 residents. Whole villages have been destroyed and no one had visited the area up to this point.
Tents had been collected from Dharan near the Indian border and together with food, medical supplies and other urgent needs were driven for several hours to the nearest roadhead. Local community volunteers arranged for motorbikes to transport the supplies to the more remote villages.
The medical volunteers focussed on the health issues while the rest of the team distributed shelter, food and other essential items. 150 tents and 50 tarpaulins, more than 2000kg of rice and large supplies of biscuits, chura and noodles, etc, were distributed.
A Nepal Mandal Television crew were also taken a long so that the desperate state of the villages can be brought to a wider audience.
Fresh supplies of tents are due to arrive from India tomorrow. Money is in urgent need to pay for all these supplies and essential materials. Please pass on this information to your friends and family and encourage them to donate.
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