Posts Tagged ‘Nepal Earthquake’
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 MoreNepal Earthquake One Year Later
It has been one year since Nepal was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. It was the worse earthquake the earthquake-prone region experienced since 1934, which killed thousands and destroyed 20% of the Katmandu’s buildings. Nepal is particularly vulnerable because of low construction standards and political instability. Last April, villages across the country were flattened…
Read MoreFBB celebrates six years of work toward equality
March is Women's History Month and March 8 is International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievement of women, and a day to serve as a call to action for acceleration toward gender parity. Foundation Beyond Belief believes everyone has a right to live a full and equal life of dignity regardless…
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…
Read MoreFBB Hits $2 million mark in funds raised and distributed
Foundation Beyond Belief is proud to announce that it has reached the $2 million mark in funds raised and distributed to charities in the United States and around the world. In addition to small grants in the $10,000 range to dozens of organizations during that time, that total also includes larger Compassionate Impact Grants to…
Read MoreHDR Nepal drive wrap-up
Foundation Beyond Belief’s Humanist Disaster Recovery Drive (HDR Drive) benefitting Nepal wrapped up collecting donations last week. On April 25th, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the small nation of Nepal. The earthquake caused an avalanche on Mt. Everest, mudslides, and numerous strong aftershocks. This initial earthquake was followed by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake on May 12th, which…
Read MoreSecular Woman Endorses Drive to Fund The Women’s Foundation Nepal
Foundation Beyond Belief is happy to announce that Secular Woman, an educational non-profit organization whose mission is to amplify the voice, presence, and influence of non-religious women, has endorsed Women's Foundation Nepal, the first beneficiary of our Nepal drive. The group released a press release this morning explaining the decision. From the press release: "Secular Woman, an…
Read MoreA Gendered Perspective of Disaster Recovery
Men and women are both impacted by disaster, but there is evidence to suggest that the way each gender experiences disasters, specifically response and recovery, may differ in some ways. Related to response, the numbers suggest that overall more women die and suffer injuries in disasters compared to men. Reasons for these statistics vary by…
Read MoreLatest update from Nepal beneficiary
Foundation Beyond Belief recently received an update from Renu Sharma, President of Women's Foundation of Nepal, the beneficiary of our Humanist Disaster Recovery Drive follow the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on April 25, 2015. According to Sharma, they are currently supporting 700 people with food and shelter and have organized themselves into three units. They will deploy…
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