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Date: 28.04.2015
Himalayan Sherpa
Foundation
Appeal
The Himalayan Kingdom of
Nepal faced a devastating earthquake of 7.9 magnitude on April 25th
2015 that resulted in a death toll of over 6500 people and at least 15,000 injured
with countless displaced of their homes so far. The massive earthquake has
inflicted the nation with people still missing in several thousands and the
number of deaths expected to rise as many are still buried beneath the rubbles
of destroyed settlements. The schools, monasteries, temples, roads,
bridges and government official offices have all been ruined by this
devastating hit. The ever-increasing scare of a possible health hazard is also
taking the entire nation to a chaos.
Due to the earthquake, the
avalanche washed out the Everest base camp killing 20 Nepalese and foreign
climbers and injuring more than 200 climbers. We have been busy with bringing
back all the injured climbers first as their safety has been the priority prior
to bringing down the dead bodies. It has been very unfortunate at the base
camp since we had already lost many climbers from last year’s avalanche.
At the moment, the nation
needs its every "living" individual to rebuild the stature and
existence of Nepal. Realizing this need, the Himalayan Sherpa Foundation has
launched an "Earthquake Relief Action Project" to address the needs
of Mt. Everest region in Solu Khumbu and some other major zones affected by the
earthquake.
With the support of our
respected clients, Himalayan Sherpa Adventure has been actively participating
in providing education to the poor and orphan students, helping in building
infrastructure of schools and monasteries from more than a decade through
Himalayan Sherpa Foundation. This organization plans to take all the actions
necessary for this project along with the coordination of co-partners
Farak Sherpa Kiduk and Mahendra Jyoti Ex-Student Forum for each of its
activities as these organizations have big number of members in the
affected area who will devote time to take care of the projects.
A preliminary survey team has
already left for site visits to observe, collect data and establish liaison
with local clubs and forums. Based on support of our co-partners Farak
Sherpa Kiduk (Association of Sherpa people beneath the foothill of Mt.
Everest) and Ex-Student Forum of Mahendra Jyoti Higher Secondary School (the
only higher secondary school in the Everest region), we have
focused the project on distributing immediate relief materials with three
thematic areas via shelter, food and medical supplies. The foundation will
evaluate its resources and potential opportunities to decide on rehabilitation
and reconstruction of the houses, schools and monasteries in the village after
inspecting the report prepared by our members who are on the ground at the
moment. Himalayan Sherpa Adventure has decided to donate NPR 1 million to the
Himalayan Sherpa Foundation Fund to start this project ahead.
Asia Foundation and several
of our friends and individuals have already joined us in this endeavor. Our
team members and volunteers as well are all on the ground at this moment as
inspection of the area has already started. With this assurance, I welcome all
those who wish to join this effort. We will send you a clear picture of the
ground situation and bring you the entire project that we will be undertaking
in details so that you can select any part of the project or donate the amount
so that we can use the donation for the proposed projects.
“We will give you the account
details along with the project report once we have all the details on our hand
in the upcoming week.”
We appreciate you for your strong and kind hand in bringing the life of
all survivors back to normal in these times of difficulty by rebuilding
the infrastructures such as houses, schools and monasteries. We also ask
your hand to raise the poor and orphan children to go to schools so that
they can lead their life in better condition ahead.
Phurba
Gyaltsen Sherpa
President
Himalayan
Sherpa Foundation
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