Leo Club Nepal Earthquake Relief
(Updates on money usage is at bottom of page)
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If you are here, it means your heart has been struck by the death and destruction caused by a 7.8 earthquake on April 25, 2015 in Nepal and another 7.3 Earthquake on May 12, 2015. Maybe you have family/friends in Nepal, you've visited, or you feel your heart ache for the people affected. No matter your reason, Thank You.
My name is Pratik Upadhyay & I come from Nepal, but I currently live in St. Cloud, MN, United States with my wife Molly (picture at bottom). When I was in Nepal, I worked with 1,200+ visitors as an international volunteer coordinator and a trekking guide.
I woke up this morning with horrible news about a huge earthquake in Nepal. Reports say 6500+ dead (updated deathtoll ) and growing. Even if people didn't lose their lives, they likely lost loved ones or their homes. Commuting by car is near impossible in some areas, which means people need food, cooking supplies, and water as well.
More about the earthquake here from BBC.
100% of the funds raised here (except 2.9% which GoFundMe takes as commission & 5% will go to AmeriCares) will be donated directly to Leo District Council 325 A2, and ALL of it will go to aid relief efforts through Leo Club of Kathmandu Regency. You can see their efforts and activities here .
The volunteers of Leo Club will organize a relief team and move forward in assisting the affected areas and people. The funds will help with immediate and short term needs like food, water, temporary housing, blood donations, medicine, or other needs as the call arises.
Since non-profit work in Nepal is my heart, I was president of my Leo Club of Kathmandu Regency for many years doing work uniting community welfare efforts. We did many projects which you can see on the club's facebook page above.
Given my experience with the Leo Club, I can guarantee that your donations will go directly to Nepalis helping other Nepalis affected by the earthquake.
Click here to know more about Leo Clubs.
Many of you know me as your guide, teacher, and friend while you volunteered/travelled/trekked/worked in Nepal for the past 10 years. Currently I am thousands of miles away from home, but I am trying to do the best I can to help the earthquake victims and I need every one's support.
Thank you for anything you can contribute!
Contact Info: [email redacted].
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Reports (updated last on May 12, 2015)
Report #1 : April 29, 2015 KTM time
Relief Supplies to KhaniKhola.
LEO CLUB NAME: Kathmandu Regency Leo Club
Leo Club ID Number: 5466 066987
Leo District: 325 ‘A2’ Leo Multiple District: 325
Name of Leo Club: Leo Club of KTM Regency
Officer Submitting Report: Leo Dinesh Lamsal
E-mail: [email redacted] Phone: 9851030739
Leo Club Advisor: Lion Narendra Kayastha
E-mail: [email redacted]
Phone: 9851031406
Sponsoring Lions Club Name: Lions Club of Kathmandu Regency : Lions Club ID Number: 066987
Project/activity name: Relief Materials Donated to Khanikhola LEO Club.
Date(s) of project/activity 29th April, 2015
Location of project/activity: Khanikhola, Dhading
Why was the project/activity organized?
To donate the relief materials to the Khanikhola,
To study the situation of the Earthquake Victims
Who benefited from the project/activity? : Earthquake victims of the 3 villages in the Khanikhola.
How was this project/activity accomplished? : Program was organized by Kathmandu Regency Leo Club.
Did the project meet its goal(s)? : We successfully manage to donate the much needed basic materials to the club in order to donate them to the victims.
Summary of project/activity events: "As per the need we first intent to help villages in Khanikhola. As one of the LEO from Khanikhola explain the condition of the location. They were primarily targeting the 3 villages in the three different hills. The house over there is completely destroyed. There is much physical losses due to the weak house structure and people were staying in the open sky. Leo Club of Khanikhola has opened a relief distribution center and supplied the materials to the villages. Each villages was assigned with some representative. The representative come to the collection center and they are provided with food and other materials enough for some days and explain the current situation of the village in every two days. Leo Club of Kathmandu Regency donated the following materials to the Khanikhola Leo Club. We would like to express our deep gratitude to all the donor to help us on our project."
Relief Materials Distributed:
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Report #2 : Relief Supplies to Sindhupalchowk
Same Club Information as Report #1
Date(s) of project/activity 30th April, 2015
Location of project/activity: Sano Pakkhar, 12 kilo, Sindhupalchowk.
Why was the project/activity organized?
To donate the relief materials to the victims,
To study the situation of the Victims,
To find out possibilities to help them.
Did the project meet its goal(s)? : We successfully manage to donate the much needed basic materials to the club in order to donate them to the victims.
Summary of project/activity events:
"After Khanikhola we went to distribute the relief equipment to the victims in a Sano Pakkhar, 12 Kilo Sindhupalchowk which is about 100km from the capital. The village was very remote and the people have not received any aid from either government and any other source. The Araniko Highway which leads us was severely destroyed. There were landslides in many places almost blocking the road. It was so risky to travel. When we reach to the places the condition was even worse. 5 people has died in that small village having around 25 houses. As everyone were out of the houses, some staying in the open and some other in the animal sheds. When we reach there we have to walk 30 min and the villagers helps us in carrying the food. When we reach there, whole village gathered around us with hope in their face. Everyone share their bad experiences with us. We distribute the noodles, juice and biscuits eat with them. Then we handed the rest of the materials like Rice, Bitten Rice, salt, daal, beshar, tents, medicines etc. to our representative Leo Rajendra Ghatani and ask them to share within themselves and make the proper use of it. We also advise them to take care of their sanitation to prevent themselves from any kind of epidemic. We would like to express our deep gratitude to all the donor to help us on our project.
Leo Club of Kathmandu Regency donated the following materials to the village:
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Report #3: Ramkot and Paakhure
Project/Activity Description:
Project/activity name: Relief materials distributed to the earthquake victims in
Date(s) of project/activity: 3rd May, 2015
Location of project/activity: Ramkot and Paakhure
Officer Submitting Report : Leo Dinesh Lamsal
E-mail: [email redacted] Phone: 9851030739
How was this project/activity accomplished? : Program was organized by Kathmandu Regency Leo Club together with Mount Makalu Leo Club.
Did the project meet its goal(s)? : We successfully manage to donate the much needed basic materials to the club in order to donate them to the victims.
Summary of project/activity events:
"Kathmandu Regency Leo Club team along with our twin club Mount Makalu Leo Club went to Ramkot and Paakhure at the same day to distribute relief materials to the earthquake victims. Ramkot is only about 18 km away and from ringroad, Kathmandu and Paakhure is about 5 km away from Ramkot still the earthquake victims had not received any relief. There were 80 earthquake affected families who were staying outside in the open ground in Ramkot and 20 families in Paakhure. There were no casualties but their houses were completely destroyed. Mount Makalu Leo club provided 100 sacks of rice for the victims altogether."
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Report #4: Dhading
Project/activity name: Relief materials distributed to the earthquake victims in Dhading.
Date(s) of project/activity: 4th May, 2015
Location of project/activity: Aadamghat, Dhading
Officer Submitting Report : Leo Dinesh Lamsal
E-mail: [email redacted] Phone: 9851030739
Who benefited from the project/activity? : Earthquake victims in Aadamghat, Dhading
Did the project meet its goal(s)? : We successfully manage to donate the much needed basic materials to the club in order to donate them to the victims.
Summary of project/activity events:
"Kathmandu Regency Leo Club team went to Aadamghat, Dhading to distribute relief materials to the earthquake victims. Dhading is about 41 km away from Kathmandu. Aadamghat is a rural village with around 50 families affected heavily from the earthquake. The village is far away from the highway. They do not have access to vehicles there so the victims came to the highway itself to collect the materials. All was done by coordinating with one of the locals there. Kathmandu Heart Leo Club donated 5 sacks of rice to us."
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