Dispatches
Earthquake Relief, Shoes for Sherpas, and other projects
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September 24, 2017
New Building for Nimal Chyat Students
CNA is thrilled to announce the completion of two classrooms at Nimal Chyat Primary School in Brichet, Darkha VDC, Nepal. This small school serves young children grades K-3. We first met these students in the fall of 2015, as we surveyed Darkha's schools after the earthquake. These ebullient ...more -
January 2, 2017
Students Are Back Indoors
The classrooms at Chandra Devi primary school in Darkha Ward 6 have been completed, and the students have moved in! They are no longer studying under a roof with no walls. This school serves preschoolers through Grade 3. Many of the ...more -
April 17, 2016
Remembrance Ceremony 4/25/2016
Colorado Nepal Alliance is joining with other Colorado-based nonprofits to remember the victims of the April 25, 2015 earthquake. Join us at the Posner Center for International Development on Monday April 25th. Doors open at 5pm. A ...more -
July 15, 2015
Red Tarps & Red Tape
The Nepali Times just published a great article about the challenges that the Nepali bureaucracy poses to aid organizations like ours. What they describe is consistent with our experience getting aid into rural Nepal in the interval ...more -
May 7, 2015
Shelters Delivered to Darkha
The Colorado Nepal Alliance has been hard at work providing emergency supplies to the the villagers in Darkha, Nepal, and we can report that a preliminary shipment of emergency shelters has reached Dhading. The weather in the ...more -
May 4, 2015
Your Donations at Work: Food Delivered to Darkha
Colorado Nepal Alliance Executive Director Anne Hines passes along this update: I just spoke with Gopal Tamang, our projects coordinator in Nepal. He is exhausted. Gopal purchased rice and rented a truck, traveling as far as he ...more -
December 16, 2014
School Uniforms Delivered to Darkha
In mid-December 2014, all 71 students at Shree Chandra Devi Primary School in Darkha (Dhading District, Nepal) received new school uniforms. Many children at this school are members of the lowest caste, and their families struggled to ...more -
February 14, 2014
Mingma Sherpa, Feb. 2014
One of our guiding principles is that even little efforts can have a huge impact. When Kathy Mitchell-Garton and Dave Garton of Helping Hands Health Education went to Nepal on behalf of their NGO, they offered to take two duffel bags of ...more
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July 1, 2013
Shoes for Sherpas in the Dhading District
In June 2013, Shoes for Sherpas distributed athletic shoes, children's shoes, and hiking boots to residents of five rural villages in the Dhading District of Nepal: Kuri, Sing Gang, Brichett, Darkha, and Upper Ghormu.more -
June 8, 2013
Brichett, June 2013
Brichett is one of five rural villages in the Dhading District of Nepal where we distributed shoes in June 2013. more
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October 31, 2012
Everest Region Shoe Distribution, Oct. 2012
In October 2012, Shoes for Sherpas distributed athletic shoes, children's shoes, and hiking boots to porters and residents in the Everest region of Nepal...more
