Posts Tagged ‘Gurkha Welfare Trust’
Nepal earthquake beneficiary builds 400th home!
We are excited to announce that your support of Gurkha Welfare Trust has helped complete 400 homes! As they say on their website, "That’s 400 veterans or their widows who now have somewhere safe to live after last year’s devastating earthquakes reduced their old homes to rubble." In fact, we are now one-third of the…
Read MoreGurkha Welfare Trust building quake-resistant home in Nepal
We have an update from one of our Nepal Earthquake Disaster Recovery beneficiaries, Gurkha Welfare Trust, on the quake-resistant construction methods they have used in the recovery effort since the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. The April 2015 earthquake was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 earthquake, killing more than 14,000 people, injuring more…
Read MoreThird Nepal beneficiary announced
Announcing a third beneficiary–Gurkha Welfare Trust–which will receive approximately $30,000 raised in 2015 by the humanist community of FBB for the Nepal earthquake recovery efforts. On April 25, 2015, Nepal was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The earthquake caused an avalanche on Mt. Everest, created mudslides, and destroyed more than half a million homes. As…
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