Jahresbilanz der Nepalhilfe Beilngries – ein Wechselbad der Gefühle
28.12.2015
Mit durchaus gemischten Gefühlen blickt das Team der Nepalhilfe Beilngries auf das zu Ende gehende Jahr. Verständlich, denn die Folgen des Erdbebens vom 25. April und die nun seit mehr als vier Monaten anhaltende Blockade beim Import jeglicher Versorgungsgüter an der indisch-nepalesischen Grenze haben das ihre dazu beigetragen.
Mut machen dagegen zwei Schuleröffnungen sowie Erweiterungsarbeiten und Sanierungsmaßnahmen an bestehenden Einrichtungen. Nicht zu vergessen die bereits in den Schubläden liegenden Pläne und Konzepte für die Neubauten der Schulen, die bei den gewaltigen Erdstößen vollständig vernichtet wurden.
Das Erdbeben mit 9000 Toten, Zigtausenden von Verletzten und 600.000 zerstörten Häusern war natürlich das beherrschende Thema. In der damaligen Berichterstattung schien es so, als ob Nepal durch das Erdbeben dem Erdboden förmlich gleich gemacht worden sei. Mitnichten, denn lediglich elf der 75 Distrikte des Landes waren glücklicherweise davon betroffen. Dies als Information an diejenigen, die Nepal auf ihrer Reisekarte haben. Ist es doch gerade der Tourismus auf den die Menschen als Einnahmequelle setzen und in den sie ihre Hoffnungen legen.
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Zerstörte Schulen und erste Hilfsmaßnahmen
Nachdem eines der Epizentren des Erdbebens im nordöstlich von Kathmandu gelegenen Sindhupalchok Distrikt lag, waren auch zahlreiche dort bestehende Schulen der Nepalhilfe Beilngries betroffen. Deren fünf wurden total zerstört. Bei weiteren neun müssen umfangreiche Sanierungsmaßnahmen durchgeführt werden, wie die Untersuchungen staatlicher und privater Gutachter ergaben. Der erste Kostenvoranschlag liegt bei ca. 750.000 Euro. Ein erster vorsichtiger Zeitplan veranschlagt drei Jahre für den Wiederaufbau.
Etwa 320.000 Euro stellte die Beilngrieser Hilfsorganisation in den ersten Wochen nach dem Beben für die Beschaffung von Lebensmitteln, medizinischer Versorgung, Zelten und Material für den Bau von Behelfsunterkünften zur Verfügung. Ermöglicht wurde dies durch das spontane großzügige Engagement der zahlreichen Spender.
Geht es nach den Mitarbeitern der Nepalhilfe Beilngries und deren Koordinatoren in Nepal so kann zum Jahresbeginn 2016 mit dem Neubau der eingestürzten Schule in Sangachok begonnen werden. Allein diese besuchten vor dem Erdbeben 1000 Jungen und Mädchen.
Blockadeaktion lähmt Wiederaufbau
Über all dem steht allerdings ein großes Fragezeichen. Dies wegen der erwähnten politischen Konflikte, die zu einer Lähmung des Aufbaus nach den Zerstörungen und generell des wirtschaftlichen Aufschwungs sorgen. Eine seit mehr als vier Monaten bestehende Blockadeaktion an der Grenze zu Indien, dem „nearest and dearest friend“, wie der große Nachbar im Süden oftmals bezeichnet wird, ist der Auslöser dafür. Seither fehlen die so dringend benötigten Versorgungsgüter wie Gas, Benzin, Medikamente und natürlich die Rohstoffe für den Wiederaufbau wie Stahl und Zement.
Tagelanges Anstehen um einige Liter Benzin zu einem Schwarzmarktpreis von vier bis sieben Euro pro Liter aber auch wegen der zunehmenden Lebensmittelknappheit geschlossene Schulen und Restaurants verdeutlichen diese Problematik. Es steht zu befürchten, dass auf Grund des Mangels an Gas und der damit einhergehenden offenen Verfeuerung von Brennholz in den Häusern, die Zahl der an Lungenentzündung sterbenden Kinder, die in einem normalen Winter bei 5000 liegt, drastisch in die Höhe schnellen wird. Auch im Kinderhaus in Lubhu und dem unterstützten Altenheim in Bhaktapur wird das tägliche Essen zwischenzeitlich am offenen Lagerfeuer zubereitet. Damit hat die Versorgungskrise auch unmittelbar die Einrichtungen der Nepalhilfe erreicht. Hierzulande bleibt diese sich zuspitzende Versorgungsnotlage in den Medien weitestgehend unerwähnt. Nach dem Erdbeben hat sich deren Interesse sehr schnell anderen Schwerpunkten zugewandt.
Schuleröffnungen motivieren
Vor diesem dramatischen Hintergrund machen die Eröffnungen der beiden neu erbauten Schulen im Solo Khumbu und im eben erwähnten Sindhupalchok-Distrikt im November wieder Mut. Das gilt auch für das bereits zu Beginn des Jahres in Betrieb gegangene Schulküchenprojekt im Gorkha Distrikt und den Erweiterungsbau des Altenheims in Bhaktapur. Dessen Fertigstellung wurde zu allem Unheil noch durch ein Monsunhochwasser im August verzögert.
Nicht zu vergessen ist die Teilsanierung des Midpoint Memorial Hospitals in Danda, in der Terai-Region im Süden des Landes. Derzeit wird mit Unterstützung der Nepalhilfe Beilngries unter der Überschrift „Clean and Green“ eine Abwasserreinigungsanlage und eine kompakte umweltfreundliche kompakte Abfallverbrennungseinrichtung sollen installiert werden. Nach den bereits investierten 80.000 Euro erfordert diese Maßnahme weitere 50.000 Euro.
Vor diesem Wechselbad der Gefühle bleibt es auch bei den nächsten Schritten im neuen Jahr mit Sicherheit spannend.
Dank an das großzügige Spenderverhalten
Abschließend sei beim Blick zurück noch ein besonders positiver Aspekt hervorgehoben. Gerade nach dem Erdbeben hat die Unterstützung der Spender gezeigt, welchen Vertrauensstatus sich die Nepalhilfe Beilngries über die fast zweieinhalb Jahrzehnte ihres Bestehens erworben hat. Nur so war und ist es möglich die bestehenden Projekte zu unterhalten und gleichzeitig neue anzugehen. In Anbetracht der gewaltigen anstehenden Aufgaben ergibt sich aber auch die Verpflichtung sorgsam mit den finanziellen Ressourcen umzugehen. Der besondere Dank geht deshalb an all diejenigen, die die Nepalhilfe Beilngries bisher so großzügig unterstützt haben.
Polizeipressesprecher als Kalenderverkäufer
10.12.2015
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Sozusagen unter Polizeischutz stand Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner bei ihrem Vortrag in Samerberg/Lk. Rosenheim am 28.11.2015. Dafür waren aber nicht sicherheitsrelevante Aspekte ausschlaggebend sondern, dass die beiden Pressesprecher des Polizeipräsidiums Oberbayern Süd in Rosenheim, Andreas Guske und Jürgen Thalmeier, bei der Veranstaltung als Kalenderverkäufer für unsere Nepalhilfe Beilngries fungierten. Zur Verstärkung hatte Andreas Guske noch seinen Sohn Sebastian dabei.
Bereits bis zur Pause waren die zugesandten Kalender einschließlich des Ansichtsexemplars verkauft, worüber die Neulinge in der großen Schar der Unterstützer dieser alljährlichen Vortragsveranstaltungen von Gerlinde aber auch von Hans Kammerlander, Ralf Dujmovits und nun auch Dieter Glogowski besonders erfreut waren.
Es sei für sie in vielerlei Hinsicht ein gelungener und „runder“ Abend gewesen, betonten sie. Der Vortrag an sich, das Zusammentreffen mit Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner und der Verkaufserfolg trugen dazu bei.
Gerne werden Sie bei Bedarf auch in der Zukunft bei ähnlichen Veranstaltungen in der Chiemsee-Region als Ansprechpartner zur Verfügung stehen.
Danke euch Drei, darauf werden wir sicherlich zurückkommen.
Fernsehbericht über die Nepalhilfe beim BR
Es ist ein Kurzbericht von 2.30 Min. aus der Abendschau vom 07.12.2015
„Ein Topf für die Welt“ - Landrat überreicht Spendenscheck
Am 01.12.2015 überreichte Landrat Thomas Ebeling einen symbolischen Scheck, auf dem die Zahl 2.200 Euro stand an Michael Rebele. Genau gesagt werden auf dem Überweisungsträger 2.300 Euro stehen, denn nach „Ladenschluss“ kamen nochmals 100 Euro dazu.
Die Gesamtsumme ist der Erlös des vom Agenda 21-Arbeitskreis des Landkreises Schwandorf am 18.10.2015 durchgeführten Aktionstages „Ein Topf für die Welt“.
Bereits zum 15. Mal gab es die Veranstaltung in den Räumlichkeiten des Landratsamtes, bei der alljährlich andere soziale Einrichtungen unterstützt werden.
Bei der Scheckübergabe waren zudem Vertreter der teilnehmenden Gruppen und Vereine anwesend. Sie hatten für den Aktionstag kulinarische Spezialitäten aus Brasilien, der Türkei, Indonesien, Pakistan, Vietnam und Indien und natürlich auch aus Deutschland zubereitet und den zahlreichen Besuchern zum Verkauf angeboten.Ferner konnte man Produkte des fairen Handels erwerben.
Für die Unterhaltung während der ganztägigen Veranstaltung sorgten Tanzgruppen der russischstämmigen Bevölkerungsgruppe bzw. des türkisch islamischen Kulturvereins.
Rebeles Dank galt allen Organisatoren und Machern vor und hinter den Kulissen, die zu dieser erfreulichen Spendensumme beigetragen haben.
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New child in Shaligram children’s home
28th Nov 2015
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Radhika Singh Maharjan, manager of our children’s home in Lubhu, reported the arrival of a new member in our institution which was founded in 2001. Nahakul K.C. is a five year old boy who comes from a small village in the district of Kalikot, which lies 700 km west of Kathmandu. Nahakul has been raised without his father, who died of a gastro-intestinal disease shortly after his son’s birth.
From then on it was his mother’s burden to look after her son and her three daughters on her own. The „Women Children Social Welfare Ministry“ and the „Central Child Welfare Board - District -Kalikot“ set the ball rolling organizing the contact between the mother and the committee of our children’s home. Understandably, Nahakul was shy and was ridden by homesickness when he – accompanied by his new brothers – was provided with new winter clothes by Radhika.
He passed excellently the test for preschool children and so he is allowed go to West Wing School, which is only some hundred metres away. His new brothers and sisters as well as the staff of the children’s home are responsible for integrating the five-year-old as quickly as possible in the big family consisting of meanwhile 23 boys and 16 girls.
Inauguration of a new school in Gairimudi – despite euphoria also harsh criticism
Newspaper article of Nepalhilfe Lichtenegg from 15th Nov 2015
17th Nov 2015
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The present situation in the crisis-ridden Himalaya state is a tightrope walk between hope and hopelessness. Some members of parliament pushed the situation in Nepal towards hopelessness with their endless foolishness, enormous stupidity, ignorance and incompetence (list to continue). Politics is destroying the rest of the country the earth quakes didn’t do!
The population suffers enormously under the gas embargo set by India, which makes easiest things of life seem impossible. The streets are nearly vehicle-free zones and hundreds of people – sometimes thousands – are queueing in front of the gas shops with their red bottles often for days on end to get the urgently needed gas. However this is mostly as hopeless as the situation at the gas stations. Flights to the Himalaya have been cancelled due to gas deficit. All international flights must go via Dehli or Lucknow for fuelling. Some hotels must cook with wood on their roof. The prices are rocking!
Most of the work at construction sites has been stopped until further notice.
Annual Report of the schools visited by us
17th November 2015
The first bright spot on our trip is the orphanage in Lhubu. The destruction is not that grave and the repairs have almost been finished except for the garden walls. We have an impression that can be described as 100% positive. But on our way to Sangachok the first shock: the school in Sukute, which had been opened the previous year, has almost been destroyed completely. The ground floor stands alone on its concrete pillars, there are no walls or furniture left. We hope it can be repaired soon and cost savingly.
The main purpose of our voyage was the opening of the school house in Gairimudi in the District of Dholaka. The building - undestroyed and freshly painted - looks down on the valley. The seamy side is the village itself: At the time of the laying of the foundation stone of the school there were nearly 600 houses which had been built in the typical manner of the ‘Tamang-people’. Now, after the earthquake they are mostly emergency accommodations made of bamboo and iron sheets. Not a single one of the original beautiful houses has been left in one piece. The gratefulness of the people is overwhelming. For two days we have celebrated with young and old inhabitants the first party after the earthquake.
But the joy doesnt last long: On our way to Sangachok nearly every house is destroyed. The place on which the school for 1000 children once stood looks like Ground Zero. There are only some concrete pillars left, nothing else. The students are meanwhile taught in huts made of bamboo and iron sheets. We spend two nights on this place with mixed feelings: Nobody wants to spend time here. Dawa, our guide, tries to find something better, but it is impossible. Each flat square of soil has been used by aid organizations or as storage yard for debris. So we have no choice but to stay there. For us it means a discomfort for two nights, for the inhabitants this is a continuative reality!
If you look west you can see a hill with a flat cap. On the one side there is a giant Bodhi tree. This is the only testimony of our ‘Gerlinde and Ralf School’ in Thulosirubari. Nothing else has been left of the three storage building. 520 children have to be taught in emergency accommodations. On our way to Chautara we pass the Irkhu-School. It stands firm as a rock and with a few reparations the ‘red dot’ marking destroyed buildings can be removed.
In Chautara nobody knows what to do: The two surveys made by stress analysts don’t give a precise result. As long as there are no clever suggested solutions of the school community there will be no answer if we have to tear the school down or if we have to renovate it cost-intensively. We inspect the building and see a severely damaged corner post and stairs which only hang between the floors. And many many cracks! We hope that the blind and healthy children can soon return into their building, but unfortunately it might take approximately 2-3 years till this will be reality!
With mixed feelings we go on to Mailchaur. Here it is certain: There is no hope that we can renovate the building! The complete ground floor has been destroyed and all bearing posts are folded or broken.
The next visit leads us to the ‘Lowa-School’ of Michael and Michaela Rebele. Everything is new, there is no destruction. There is a new and picturesque path from Irkhu to the Son Koshi River. 3 to 5 hours of comfortable hiking through original Nepalese langscape. We take the opportunity to pass by our schools in Mulkharka and Khadambas. The first stop is the ‘Peter Habeler School’ in Mulkharka. The building is intact except of a few cracks in the walls and one destroyed attic wall.
Just the reverse in Khadambas: the eastern part doesnt exist anymore. The newer part looks quite undamaged in the first floor. The ground floor needs some more repairs. The community has to give instructions and after that the repairs can be done.
Our conclusion: the situation changes between hope and hopelessness. As always the weakest are the one who suffer the most. Should the government give us its OK, we Lichteneggers will be there to start with the repairs of the damaged projects.
Motivating sign – handover of the newly built „LOWA-School“
16th Nov 2015
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The inauguration of the newly built Shree Namuna Janasewa Lower Secondary School took place on the 6th November 2015. This was a very motivating moment of our work, as we are living in a time when we are mostly having to talk about completely destroyed or partly damaged buildings.
The school was built in the last one and a half years in the village Falate, which has a population of about 1,000 inhabitants. As LOWA, a German company producing outdoor article and shoes, was the main donator by contributing 75,000 Euro, this school will bear its donators name.
Matthias Wanner, the LOWA markting director in Germany, and his wife Bettina used their holiday to take part in the inauguration ceremony. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and Ralf Dujmovits, long-time supporters of NHB, are contractual partners of this renowned shoe producer and they made this contact possible. Michaela and Michael Rebele were guests of the opening ceremony on behalf of NHB.
Farming minister of Nepal, Agni Prasad Sapkota, opened the new school as a representative of the Nepali government in a ceremony with a nice programme of music and dance performances, which hundreds of village people came to see. Approximately 200 boys and girls are going to be taught at this new school. A metal sign has been installed with a very wise statement of Werner Riethmann, the owner of the company: “We are all responsible for things we do. However, also for things we don’t do. That’s why we, the LOWA Company, care a little more about men and nature!”
It will take about two more months to complete the constructions. This delay is due to the earth quakes this spring as well as to the boycott of India, which has been lasting for several weeks now and which makes gas, petrol, medicine and building materials to goods in short supply.
LOWA-School is a school with “view” in the double sense of its meaning. The school itself is a bright white-blue building, 700 metres above the river valley of Indrawati, with a really fantastic view, but this school is also responsible that children can view a bright future with a good education.
Despite earth quake and floods – Good news encourages
16th Oct 2015
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Despite the disastrous news about the earth quakes and the floods in the last couple of months, there is positive news from Nepal concerning the work and the projects of NHB which encourages. This positive news gives confidence for the difficult tasks to come.
On the one hand, there are two gleams of hope: The opening of the new LOWA-school in the district of Sindhupalchok and the inventory-taking for the rehabilitation of the Midpoint Community Memorial Hospital in Kawasoti.
The hospital in Terai, in the south of the country, is located in an area the NHB had never had projects before. Shyam Pandit, our long-term staff member and school building coordinator, comes from this area and set the ball rolling in June 2013. The impressions about this old hospital the visitors from Beilngries brought home in spring 2014 were disillusioning. The building was run-down und inefficient concerning equipment and supply although it is not only located near an accident-prone main road between the cities of Bharatpur and Butwal but also the catchment area of 37 communities.
Before the financial support from Bavaria was realized, the responsible leaders showed how serious they are with their wish for support by starting the first steps of the rehabilitation in their own initiative and with their own financial means. The whole building was cleaned and newly painted, the floors were tiled, the outer walls were painted and measures for enhancing the hygienic standards were introduced.
A delivery ward, two air-conditioned intensive care rooms, monitors for supervision, supersonic and laboratory equipment for diagnosis and a full-automatic 20 KW current generator have been paid for from donations. The recycling system has also been improved.
Meanwhile, only the severely injured need to be taken to Bharatpur, which is 40 km away.
Furthermore the leading hospital staff wishes for digital x-ray equipment which the NHB also wants to provide for. The whole effort the hospital staff showed was only possible because of the 80,000 Euro NHB has invested.
Three practitioners and several trained nurses are responsible for the professional care of the patients. A continuously rising number of ill and injured people find their way to the Midpoint Hospital and its annexed pharmacy.
According to Ram Das Pandit, president of the hospital management, governmental support is hardly worth mentioning. However, some local politicians have become aware of the desperate situation of the hospital and have promised some financial support.
On the other hand, there is negative news of the effect of the earth quake. According to the latest survey, five schools which 2,800 children had attended must be levelled and rebuilt. Heavy breaking out equipment of an international aid organization has already started the levelling and has spread the areas. Window frames and door casings as well as school furniture have carefully been saved that they can be used again for the future new buildings.
According to the responsible manager of the levelling works, the school of Thulosiruwari had already been the hundredth school in the district of Sindhupalchok, which shows the dimension of the total damage in this area.
A three-year-plan for the new building respectively rehabilitation of the ten damaged NHB-schools is being developed at the moment. Governmental standards will only allow two-story buildings in the shape of an H, L or U for future public buildings in order to guarantee more stability against earth quakes.
On the one hand, there are the building measures themselves, on the other hand there is their funding. The latter one means an enormous challenge for the NHB. They believe once more in the support and commitment of their fellow men.
Donations:
Nepalhilfe Beilngries e.V.
Volksbank Bayern Mitte eG
IBAN: DE05 7216 0818 0004 6227 07
BIC: GENODEF1INP
code word „Erdbeben“
„By shanks‘ mare“ with mit Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
12th Oct 2015
Hiking for one day and one night for Nepal
160 hikers were on tour together at the event “24 hours for Nepal” with Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner in her Austrian home town Pyhrn-Priel. It took place at the first October weekend. Three women from Linz collected 12,400 Euro with the entry fee, which they donated to NHB.
“It was just an amazing and unforgettable event hiking for 24 hours with 160 likeminded people. It was a very special and wonderful feeling of being member of a community. Doing something good for people who are really grateful for our commitment is something fantastic.”
That’s how Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner thanked all her companions, the organization team, the donators and everybody who contributed to the success of this event.
3,200 metres altitude, 65 kilometres in one day and one night – this physical and mental challenge could only be mastered a team. There were no serious injuries, only feet-ache, blisters and exhaustion. The organizers Michael Dattinger, Sylvia Prunthaller und Elisabeth Kierner were very happy about the course of the “24 hours for Nepal”.
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Calendar "Himalaya 2016" – now available
06th Oct 2015
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The idea of selling calendars in order to raise money for charitable organisations is not at all ground-breaking. The NHB started doing this in 1997. Considering the upcoming costs of rebuilding five of our schools which were completely destroyed in this year’s earthquake, selling our calendars has never been more important than now. Furthermore the renovations for several other buildings also damaged by the earthquake need to be paid for.
Considering today’s run of 12,000 printed calendars, the beginnings can be called modest. The NHB started with 50 DIY-calendars featured by self-taken photos. The celebrated mountaineers Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and her husband Ralf Dujmovits as well as the extreme climber Hans Kammerlander opened again – as they have been doing for many years now - their photo archives for the present edition of “Himalaya 2016”. Dieter Glogowski, a very famous German photo and TV journalist, has also contributed his photos this year for the first time. This is only one fact that makes the calendar special.
The calendar is 43.5 x 40.5 cm and consists of one cover, one sheet for each month and one for additional information. The pictures show fascinating impressions of the wonderful landscape, the culture and the people in the Himalaya region. The calendar which costs 17 Euro interests people from all over the world. Chile, Dubai, Australia, Vatican City, Georgia and Canada are countries on our distribution list.
It’s our aim to invest the proceeds of the sale in projects like schools, hospitals and the running costs of our children’s and elderly homes.
You can order a calendar here on this webpage.
Or abut:
Nepalhilfe Beilngries e.V.
Postfach 1211
92336 Beilngries
Also in:
Regensburg: Buchhandlung Pustet, Gesandtenstraße 6
Beilngries: Buchladen Barbara Duft, Hauptstraße 21 und Touristikbüro;
Berching: Cafe Mittelbach, Reichenauplatz 2
Dietfurt: Tourist Information im Rathaus
Parsberg: Buchhandlung Buchfink, Dr. Boecale-Straße 12
It’s a new beginning
06th Sep 2015
Months after the devastating earth quake in Nepal, the rehabilitation is about to start. The dredges of the UN-aid organization started to level the schools in Sangachok, Thulosiruwari and Kadambas. Without the help of the UN, the communities who don’t have appropriate equipment would have taken many months to level the school buildings. Doors and windows were taken out of the buildings and will be reused for the new buildings.
At the moment some experts of the national NSET (National Society for Earthquake Technology) are on tour on behalf of the NHB, surveying all damages at all our schools and checking possible locations for new schools.
As soon as the engineers of NSET five us the green light, we will start planning the new building in Sangachok and Thulosiruwari. This could possibly still happen this year!
Floods after the earth quake
30th August 2015
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High property damage at hospital and elderly home
Only a few months ago, several heavy earth quakes struck parts of Nepal and caused the deaths of approximately 9,000 victims. The staff of the Siddhi Memorial Hospital in Bhaktapur were indefatigable workers and first contact in various ways for the population. The hospital was destination for uncountable injured victims.
Now the heavy monsoon caused the situation that the team of Shyam Dhaubadel, the manager of the hospital and the neighbouring elderly home, are in need themselves. Both institutions have been significantly financially supported by NHB for many years. No matter if they needed a new operation theatre, medical equipment or vehicles for their fleet, for which the VW-corporate had donated a VW-bus.
This fleet has been a thing of the past since the early hours of the 27th August 2015. At 5 a.m. a two-metre high flood wave hit the old royal city of Bhaktapur. The calmly flowing river Hanumante had burst its banks after persistent downpours. Not only six ambulance cars, but also X-ray and ultrasound equipment, petrol generators, furniture and food – the list can be continued.
Fortunately, there was no damage to persons. The patients and the inhabitants of the elderly home were taken to higher storeys. Although staff had tried to save as much as possible, they weren’t successful with most medical equipment which got destroyed. According to Shyam Dhaubadel it can’t be forecast how high the damage to property will be, but certainly a six-figure sum (Euro).
The Shaligram Children’s Home in Lubhu, only a few kilometres away from Bhaktapur, wasn’t as heavily damaged as Siddhi Memorial by the downpours. Despite the masses of water on the whole property, sandbags and provisory barriers have managed to prevent the water intrude the living areas.
After this terrible news the financial support of NHB will have to concentrate not only on the reconstruction of the destroyed schools but also on the hospital and elderly home, which had been enlarged from two to four storeys in the last two years.
Please don’t hesitate to donate:
Nepalhilfe Beilngries e.V.
Volksbank Bayern Mitte eG
IBAN: DE05 7216 0818 0004 6227 07
BIC: GENODEF1INP
Focus TV shows Nepalhilfe Beilngries
Unfortuantely, the report can only be watched in German.
FocusTV report earthquake Nepal
100 days after the earth quake – Focus TV shows Nepalhilfe Beilngries
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„100 days after the earth quake in Nepal“ will be the title of the 30-minute film, which Sat 1 shows on Thursday, 6th August 2015 at 0.15 a.m. The freelanced journalist Detlev Konnerth, who has produced several documentaries for ARD, ZDF, N24 or Spiegel TV, realized this project.
For his latest documentary Mr Konnerth was looking for a competent contact and met the members of NHB. He and vice president, Manfred Lindner, travelled to Nepal for eight days to document the effects of the earth quake for the country and especially for the institutions of NHB. The two of them experienced a very emotional stay in a country which was still daily hit by aftershocks.
They also visited the especially heavy hit Sinhupalchock District, where 95% of all houses have been destroyed. Six schools of NHB need to be completely reconstructed. Lindner and Konnerth witnessed the immediate sufferings of the victims in Bir Hospital. There are still patients who suffered severe injuries form the earth quake. Among them two eight-year old girls, who have each lost one of their legs. NHB will guarantee them emergency relief.
The film also shows the destruction of many sights in Kathmandu, like the historical royal palace, the Durbar Square or the Swayambunath Temple. They also looked into the many faces of people who have lost all their property and who are still living in tent towns in the middle of the Nepali capital.
Besides all the negative impressions, the documentary also intends to show how the reconstruction is in progress. The reconstruction of the destroyed schools of NHB should be realized as soon as possible and conversations with the local school committee are going on.
NHB has already invested 320,000 Euro during the last three months, no matter if in food, tents, clothes, school materials or first renovations. This high amount was only possible through all the generous donations.
For all of you, who missed the documentary, can watch it here on our website on “News”.
4th July 2015
Relief shipment of tents for homeless population – a successful fight through the jungle of public authorities
After the series of heavy earth quakes in Nepal, which killed 9,000 people, NHB decided to send tents for the homeless population in the severely hit regions of the country. The vice-president, Manfred Lindner, made himself responsible for the very complex task of organising the 250 tents and delivering the goods by air.
The German ambassador in Nepal and the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin sent all the necessary guidelines concerning the import of relief to Nepal. We purchased a variety of tents in different sizes and the supplier gave us some discount, the freight forwarding company helped us through the red tape.
The freight with its weight of nearly eight tons reached the capital Kathmandu at the end of May. The tents and the shipping cost almost 80,000 Euro, financed from donations. At the beginning it seemed to be a matter of formality forwarding the tents to their destination and handing them over to the people in need. However, the Nepali government decided to raise import duty of 30% on all goods.
Sunil Shresta, the local coordinator of NHB in Nepal, and his team worked hard to get the relief supplies duty free through customs. Their fight through the jungle of public authorities took them three weeks, but fortunately ended successfully.
Unfortunately, some foreign companies tried to import goods under the cloak of relief supplies to avoid duty. This is the reason for all the government red tape.
The children’s home in Lubhu functioned as an intermediate storage facility, from where the tents were transported to their destination. Most of them were the so-called “UN-tunnel-tents” measuring 5.50 x 3.40 or 5.00 x 4.50m or 5.00 x 4.50m. They provide sufficient capacity and offer shelter against rain and wind.
Two of the major aims of NHB have been achieved: Provide first aid – despite all the unplanned administrative barriers – and spending the donations sustainably. The need for donations will be even more pressing, when we consider the need to reconstruct the four destroyed school buildings.
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4th July 2015
Tents handed over
The tents NHB purchased were needed so badly in the destroyed areas but were stuck in customs at the fright storage of the Kathmandu Airport for more than two weeks. The Nepali government had spontaneously decided to raise 35% duty on non-relief goods, while also declaring tents as those, which meant the government demanded more than 25.000€.
After long and tough negotiations with several policy makers and meetings with some ministers, Sunil Shresta and Shyam Pandit managed to free the tents from customs. They were immediately distributed to the people in need – at the Children’s Home, the people in Lhubu and especially in Sindhupalchok District. The tents were received happily.
Daily after-shocks with a magnitude of 3.0 to 4.5 on the Richter scale keep the population in Nepal in fear and trepidations.
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Fund raiser „Climbing for Nepal“ at the DAV-climbing centre – June 2015
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Handing over of the cheque to NHB
From 4th to 10th May 2015 all guests of the DAV-climbing centres in Lappersdorf climbed for Nepal. Two Euro of each entry fee was put into a donation box for NHB, while many visitors donated even more into the box placed in the entrance hall. Through this initiative an amount of 1.402 Euro was raised, which was brought up to a round figure (1.500€) by the Alpine Club Regensburg.
On the 25th June, the cheque for 1.500€ was handed over to Michael Rebele of NHB by the vice-president, Andrea Hinterwimmer, and by the manager of the DAV-climbing centres, Bodo Janke. “We need more than 500.000€ to only reconstruct the four destroyed schools. Moreover, there are damages at thirteen further buildings,” reported Rebele.
The DAV Regensburg together with several other supporters wanted to show their solidarity and contribute to the improvement of the situation of the disaster victims. Andrea Hinterwimmer thanked all the donators and sent her best wishes for further successful fund raising to NHB.
21st June 2015
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First survey report of the gravity of destruction at the school buildings
New school material and uniforms
Two months have passed since the severe earthquake in Nepal. Nearly 9,0000 people died, thousands were injured and an uncountable number of victims lost their possessions and housing. One of the epicentres was Sindhupalchok District, about 80 km north-east of the Nepali capital Kathmandu, the region in which a majority of NHB schools were located. This region itself accounted for 4,0000 deaths and approximately 70,000 destroyed homes.
Over the first couple of weeks following the disaster NHB’s major aim was to provide first aid by handing out food and tarpaulins for provisional accommodation. At the same time the NHB-schools needed to be inspected to find out about their conditions, especially considering lessons had been going on since the beginning of June. Quickly, provisions like tents and bamboo huts with tarpaulins were built for the pupils. These should provide shelter in the times of heavy rain during the up-coming monsoon season.
Survey report of the school buildings
An engineering company from Bhaktapur has inspected all school buildings during the last couple of weeks and graded their state of repair according to a “traffic light system”.
Red: four schools, among them NHB’s first school (Michl-Dacher-School in Kadambas). 2000 pupils and their teachers are affected, after the buildings couldn’t stand the repeated heavy earthquakes and fell down. At least 500,000 Euro will be needed to reconstruct those schools.
Yellow: thirteen further building were damaged, where reparations will be possible. These will require pillars, walls and steel constructions including rails and reinforcements.
Green: Twelve schools, either completely or mainly financed by NHB – for example Mary Ward and Don Bosco Order – have survived without damages. The same goes for Shaligram Children’s Home, the Siddhi Memorial Hospital and the neighbouring elderly home.
School materials and uniforms
As most homes have been destroyed and with them almost all belongings, pupils needed new school materials and uniforms, which will probably be the only clothes they will possess in the near future.
Representatives of the various communities came pleading for financial support, which Sunil Shresta and Shyam Pandit realized promptly. They bought rolls of cloth and took them to the villages, where tailors made the needed clothes. Wearing school uniform will surely enhance the self-confidence of the children. In addition, they even received new school bags with the logo of NHB, writing materials, exercise books and books. All these will help make school attendance a little easier despite the negative conditions.
Thanks to all donors
Last, but not least some words of thanks to all those who have committed themselves in various ways – Zumba courses, selling cakes, choir evenings, charity runs and so on – and who have contributed to such a pleasing result. All the donations will be urgently needed in the next months and years to reconstruct the schools. Thousand thanks to all donors!
The bank account is as followed:
Nepalhilfe Beilngries e.V., Volksbank Bayern Mitte eG, keyword „earthquake“
IBAN: DE05 7216 0818 0004 6227 07 BIC: GENODEF1INP
09th June 2015
New accommodations for the staff members at our Children’s Home
Lhubu, the village where our children’s home is located, was also heavily damaged. The homes of several staff members were totally destroyed. Sunil and Shyam have bought several tarpaulin huts, where the families will live until a better solution is found.
New School uniform
Some may find it a waste of money in such needy times when the most necessary things are missing to buy school uniforms from donations. In Nepal every pupil wears school uniform and that it is part of school attendance. As we want pupils to be able to attend school in as normal a way as possible, we have already bought 7,000 sets of school uniforms and several hundred school bags including school materials, like books and pens. The earth quake has reduced most things to rubble. Pupils are more than grateful for our help.
Hiking for victims of earth quake – June 2015
The need of the people after the severe earth quake in Nepal touches everybody. The same goes for a small group of people in Wiesbaden who had the idea to hike as far as possible and turn the kilometres into donations. At the end of the day it was 55 km and a donation of 2,430 Euro.
This money goes to NHB. A thousand thanks to all those who took part in this event and to DAV Wiesbaden for their support.
Charity run for earth quake victims - May 2015
A charity run for the earth quake victims in Nepal took place at the primary school in Chieming on 18th May. The tutors of class 4a and 4b, Mrs Adersberger and Mrs Taubner, were responsible for the organising the run. It was nice sunny weather and the young runners managed unbelievable 1,272 laps.
In the end the two coordinators were proud to transfer 2228,22 € to our donation account. What a great idea this sport event was! The money will be directly helping the victims in Nepal.
Thank you so much!
19.05.2015
Nepal is receiving help
As reported on 3rd May, the helpers of NHB were the first to bring food in Sindhupal District, 80 km away from Kathmandu. In the meantime our coordinators have been in this area several times to distribute food there. People are very grateful for NHB.
The population of 17 villages there have already received 55 tons of rice, 1.4 of tons lentils, 1.7 tons of salt, 1250 litre oil and more than 1,000 first-aid-kits. More than 8,300 houses with over 30,000 people have been benefitting from these goods so far. The distribution will be continued soon. More than 25,000 € have already been spent for it.
According to our Nepali coordinators, the greatest problem is the absence of accommodations respectively tents as it has been raining nearly daily the last couple of days. For this reason NHB is sending tents on its way to Nepal in the next few days.
Sad facts
Shyam Pandit has sent first numbers of casualties in Sindhupal District along with information on the food deliveries. Unbelievable bad numbers which show the dimension of this catastrophe:
8219 of 8343 houses in 20 villages and towns have been destroyed, which makes a quota of over 95%! The earth quake has killed 416 people, among 57 children.
15.05.2015
article: Ralf Dujmovits, photos: Ralf Dujmovits and Nepalhilfe Beilngries
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Nearly three weeks have passed since the first heavy earth quake in Nepal which was followed by a second one a few days ago. The effects have been disastrous for the people in this poverty stricken country. Buildings which had withstood the first earth quake were destroyed by the second one, which is also true for several projects of NHB. Meanwhile NHB have already brought approximately 60 tons of food and medicine into Sindhupalchok District, where the majority of their schools are, respectively were. More than 8,000 died and 16,000 got injured. These numbers are still not the top of the iceberg.
The German extreme-climber Ralf Dujmovits, who has been together with his wife Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner a close friend and supporter of NHB for many years, has sent a travel report, which gives first-hand impressions of the situation of the Nepali population and the work of NHB.
Dear Friends,
one of the most upsetting days of my travel lies behind me. Some days ago, we went to Sindhupalchok District together with the team of NHB-practitioners. This district and Gorkha are the most heavily destroyed areas in Nepal. Most of their schools were there – today many of them destroyed – as well as 85-95% of all houses of the local population.
A team of six practitioners of Siddhi Memorial Hospital was accompanied by three nurses and some more assistants to make their way in the surrounding villages to render first aid. This team was led by Sabina Parajuli, a former pupil of the school in Sangachok, which is one of the early school projects of NHB. NHB financially supported this intelligent young woman with her medical studies.
When we reached Sangachok, her parents welcomed us. Their house is entirely broken. This little village alone counts 200 dead people. Within minutes many patients came and received free treatment. More than 300 people came that day. We handed out surgical masks, soap, tooth brushes and toothpaste. Some days ago, NHB delivered rice and wheat. Later on, Sabina showed me “her” school. I was allowed to film an interview in which she pled for financial support. Her school will be torn down because of the sever damages.
We drove on to Irkhu, a little village on a hill. NHB built a little school there from 2000 to 2002 with my financial support, which had continuously been expanded the last couple of years and didn’t get destroyed as if by a miracle. The local police force has made their headquarters there as nearly none of the surrounding houses is intact - a terrible view. Almost eighty patients received medical treatment by the practitioners and nurses.
Our next stop was Thulosirubari, where the former president of NHB, Karl Rebele, Gerlinde and I opened the new school in 2009. The number of formerly 550 children attending that school has risen to 700 today. Fortunately, the day of the earth quake was a Saturday and the school was closed. The ground floor had broken into pieces and so the two and a half upper floors came down, too. I used to be so proud of “our” school. The building must be torn down and rebuilt anew.
When we were driving on to the main town of Sindhupalchok District, Chautara, we mainly saw ruins. The school of the Austrian section of NHB has not been destroyed completely but has enormous damages. A structural engineer will decide in the next couple of days whether the school can be reconstructed. A very exhausting day for the medical staff came to an end. Originally we had planned to visit the new LOWA-School, which is in construction at the moment, but we were all too tired.
Every second day the Nepali team of NHB and of Siddhi Memorial Hospital are on tour. Hardly to imagine how much they must take during these days. People are sitting in front of their houses being heavily traumatised and waiting for the monsoon to come.
We see it as our task to work hard for the future fund raising here in Germany by showing photos and videos - especially when the country and its population disappear out of the focus of media and world public. Nepal will need our help for many years. The friendly and happy Nepali as we know will hopefully come back soon.
Ralf Dujmovits
Generous donations from seminar participants – 5555 Euro for the reconstruction of Hans Kammerlander School in Nepal – May 2015
The yearly seminar of entrepreneurs with Hans Kammerlander took place in South Tyrol from 5th to 8th May. The participants spontaneously decided to donate 5,555€ for the reconstruction of the Kammerlander-School. The earth quake destroyed the school completely. Fortunately nobody was hurt as there were no lessons then.
The following companies contributed to the donations:
ALTEC Ausstellungsgestaltung und Einrichtungsservice GmbH, Ostrach
BROSA AG, Tettnang
ROTTACH Oberstaufen KG, Oberstaufen
SCHAEFER GmbH, Sigmaringen
Wurzeln & Visionen Manfred Faden, Bermatingen
BUTZ & COLLEGEN Consulting und Coaching GmbH, Pfullendorf
Hans Kammerlander war sprachlos über diese große Zuwendung und dankte den Teilnehmern sehr herzlich.
SV Burgweinting handed out a 10,000-Euro-cheque to Nepalhilfe Beilngries - May 2015
The 8th Burgweinting charity run in favour of NHB took place on 19th May 2015 – perfectly organized and under best conditions. Every two years this beneficial event raises money for the youth section of the local sport club and for NHB. The organizers of the sports club handed out a 10,000-Euro-cheque to NHB on 9th May. 1644 runners took part in this event, a very high number, which contributed to the high proceeds. Since 2001, NHB has been receiving the total amount of 45,000 Euro!
Michaela und Michael Rebele came to Burgweinting to receive the donation-cheque. Michael Rebele was amazed about the high amount and reported about the current situation in Nepal and the NHB projects after the earth quake. The donations could well be used for reconstructions. In this very happy moment of handing over the cheque, Thomas Plößl, the president of the sports club, invited everyone to the next charity run on 2nd April 2017.
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06.05.2015
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The Bavarian TV reported about our work and projects on 6th May 2015 during its evening show.
Klick HERE to watch the video.
04.05.2015
As we have already reported, Shyam Pandit travelled to Sindhupal District to buy and distribute rice and wheat to the population there. According to Pandit, these measures in cooperation with the officials are well organized.
The VW bus which was donated and delivered four years ago by NHB and which was converted into an ambulance car serves great work for Siddhi Memorial Hospital. Members of the hospital staff under the direction of Dr Srita Dhaubadel travel to all surrounding villages to supply first aid for the injured and take them to hospital if necessary. The ambulance car is in continuous operation. Sunil Shresta is organizing and coordinating help for the people in Lubhu, where our Children’s home is situated.
In the course of this week there will be another inspection of the development in Sindhupal District.
Current videos on the net
The damage seen from above
The damage seen from above
03.05.2015
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A survey of damaged and destroyed buildings in Sindhupalchok District shows that this district north-east of Kathmandu is probably the one most severely hit by the earth quake. The impact on the NHB schools includes: Three buildings destroyed completely, requiring complete rebuild; Seven more were damaged, but will probably be in use again after some repairs; Five survived without any damage. A complete list of all schools will follow.
First relief shipments are arriving for the earth quake victims, including seven tons of rice and 500 kg wheat, as well as blankets. According to Sham Pandit, the local coordinator, NHB is the first aid organisation to distribute relief.
Moreover, Siddhi Memorial Hospital is the receiver of the first donations in order to guarantee their daily work, buying medicine and other medical equipment.
The Bavarian TV is broadcasting a show about the earth quake in Nepal on Wednesday, 6th May between 6.00 and 6.45 p.m. In the course of these forty-five minutes NHB, their work and projects will be introduced to the audience.
For now we can only thank again all donators for their generous support. Thanks a lot!!!
03.05.2015
Good news first: We are very happy to tell you that there are neither injured or dead people among our staff members and their families in Kathmandu, nor among our children and the staff of the Children’s Home in Lubhu, only a few kilometres away from the capital.
Our school coordinator Shyam Pandit returned from his inspections of Sindhupal District today and finally brought reliable information and photos of the destroyed area. Accordingly, our schools in Kadambas, Thulosiruwari and Sangachok got destroyed completely, as well as the state school in Chautara. All other schools in that area are slightly to medium heavily damaged. Both the hospital in Nawal Parasi in Terai and the school in Pathihani are intact. The Sindhupal District is the worst destroyed district in Nepal. Hundreds of wounded people are assumed to be still under the ruins. According to Shyam Pandit NHB is the only aid organisation to give acute local help. Only now big organisations start arriving there, too.
Presently Sunil and Shyam are providing the inhabitants of Chautara and Kadambas with the essentials to survive like food and blankets (see photo). Both work very hard and do extraordinarily well. The first donations were used to buy 7,000 kg of rice and 500 kg of wheat.
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01.05.2015
Earth quake in Nepal – Destroyed schools and still unanswered questions
First aid in Nepal
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Regarding the heavy and unbelievable terrible earth quake in Nepal and its effects for the projects of NHB, good and unfortunately bad news must be spread. Many things are still unclear, especially regarding the region outside of the Kathmandu valley, like Sindhupalchok District, north east of the capital.
There is now no doubt about the condition of the following projects:
Those survived (nearly ) without any damages
- The school kitchen project in Chyangli, which was inspected only some weeks before by members of NHB
- Our Children’s Home and Farming Land are fully operational
Those suffered some minor damages
- The school in Gothatar, which is mainly financed by the school Oberhaunstadt (near Ingolstadt)
- The school in Chautara and the School for the Blinds including boarding school
- The Shanti Nikunja School (Deuter-School) near Durbar Square in the centre of Kathmandu
- The schools in Kavre, Sukute and Mailchaur, all of which were inaugurated only one and a half years ago
- The new buildings of LOWA-School and the ones in Gairimudi
Those got (almost) completely destroyed
- Jana Jagriti Higher Secondary School in Sangachok, a school for thousand pupils. The former four-storey main building will be pulled down, after the ground floor couldn’t withstand the earthquake
- The school in Kadambas (Michl-Dacher-School), the very first school of NHB, collapsed.
- The school in Thulosiruwari, which was mainly financially supported by the mountaineering couple Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and Ralf Dujmovits, used to house 600 children.
Presently the local staff members are investigating the different areas to gain more knowledge about the actual status. They are trying to find out the general situation about injured and dead inhabitants of the various villages, the degree of destruction of houses and the situation concerning water and energy supply.
They carry several tons of rice for first provision. Besides they are trying to find out where tents, tarps, corrugated sheets and blankets are needed. The local traffic chaos makes the situation even more difficult.
Unfortunately, there was another aftershock during the night to the 1st of May. That’s why people are still forced to spend the nights outside under tarps. The children of our children’s home are also spending most of the days outside and are only using the ground floor for spending the night.
In the end we need to thank the many people who spontaneously offered help as well as financial and material donations. Siddhi Memorial Hospital in Bhaktapur is benefitting from it where they are enormously helping supply the huge number of injured. The damages at our various projects known so far show that there will be an incredible high amount of money needed in the next months and years to reach our lost standard.
01.05.2015
Nach fast einer Woche ist es uns gelungen mit unserem Koordinator Sunil Shresta zu skypen. Langsam bekommen wir einen Überblick über die Lage im Sindhupalchok. Shyam Pandit und Sunil Sohn Pranesh sind auf dem Weg dorthin und haben erste Telefonberichte gesandt. Demnach sind die Schulen in Kadambas, Sangachok und Thulosiruwari zerstört bzw. nicht mehr zu betreten. Die Schulen in Sukute, Mailchaur, die Lowa Schule und die Blindenschule in Chautara sollen nur leicht beschädigt sein. Wie Shyam aber per Telefon heute mitgeteilt hat, sollen in der Region praktisch allen Häuser zerstört sein. Es werden noch viele Opfer unter den Trümmern vermutet. Weitere detaillierte Informationen bekommen wir erst nach Rückkunft von den beiden.
Zwischenzeitlich wurde von Ihnen auch direkte Soforthilfe geleitstet. Aus dem Fundus der Nepalhilfe wurden 2500 kg Reis und 300 kg Getreide gekauft und im Gebiet Kadambas und Sangachok verteilt. Weitere Lieferungen für andere Dörfer werden in den nächsten Tagen folgen. Leider gab es in der Nacht zum 01.05. nochmals ein Nachbeben, weshalb die Menschen immer noch gezwungen sind im Freien unter Planen zu nächtigen.
Auch die Kinder im Kinderhaus verbringen den größten Teil des Tages im Freien und benutzen in der Nacht nur das Erdgeschoß zum nächtigen. (siehe Bilder)
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29.04.2015
Heute erreichten uns erste Bilder aus dem Sindhupalchok, wo die meisten unserer Schule stehen. Die Jana Jagriti Higher Secondray School ist offensichtlich schwer in Mitleidenschaft gezogen. Der erst 2014 eingeweihte Anbau ist komplett eingeknickt und muss abgerissen werden, da das Erdgeschoß nicht mehr existiert. Inwieweit der andere Gebäudeteil noch verwendbar ist, wird erst eine nähere Besichtigung zeigen, es ist jedoch zu befürchten, dass die komplette Schule eingerissen werden muss.
Die Shanti Nikunja Schule (sog. Deuter Schule) erst 2013 eingeweiht wurde, scheint nur leicht beschädigt zu sein. Diese befindet sich ja in unmittelbarer Nähe des Durbar Square, wo so große Schäden an den historischen Gebäuden entstanden.
Weitere Aufnahmen liegen uns derzeit noch nicht vor!
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28.04.2015
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Nach neuesten Informationen von unserem Schulkoordinator Shyam Pandit ist die Schule in Gothatar (Schule für Schule Oberhaunstadt) unbeschädigt. Diese wird ja gerade um zwei weitere Stockwerke erweitert.
Offensichtlich wurde die Schule in Kadambas komplett zerstört, wie wir aus zwei Telefonaten aus dem Gebiet bisher übermittelt bekommen haben. Von den anderen Projekten liegen keine gesicherten Erkenntnisse vor!
Das Kinderhaus und die Farmenglands wurden bei dem Erdbeben nur leicht beschädigt und sind voll funktionsfähig. Unklar ist weiterhin die Lage im Sindhupalchok, wo sich ein Großteil unserer Schulen befindet.
Der Arniko Highway ist derzeit noch gesperrt, weshalb von dort nur sehr spärliche Nachrichten dringen. Das Gebiet wurde jedoch offensichtlich schwer vom Erdbeben getroffen und ein Großteil der Häuser sind dort dem Erdboden gleich.
Sunil Shresta und Shyam Pandit werden versuchen in den nächsten Tagen die Region zu erreichen, um uns von dort zu berichten und erste Hilfsmaßnahme zu organisieren und zu koordinieren.
27. + 28.04.2015 - Aktuelle Videos im Netz
27.04.2015 - Übersicht über die Schäden in Kathmandu
28.04.2015 - Massenflucht aus Kathmandu nach Beben
27.04.2015 - Situation bei den Projekten der Nepalhilfe Beilngries
Waren die Meldungen aus Nepal am Samstag noch erfreulich, was den Mitarbeiterstab, die Kinder des Kinderhauses oder die relevanten Gebäude in Katrhmandu und Lubhu oder auch das Siddhi-Memorial Hospital in Bhaktapur betraf, so hat sich dies am Sonntag schlagartig geändert. Wie Sunil Shrestha, Koordinator vor Ort. in einem Telefonat, in den gestrigen Abendstunden mitteilte, seien viele der Schulen im Sindhupalchok-Distrikt (80 km nordöstlich von Kathmandu) „kaputt“, wie er sich ausdrückte.
Eine Dimensionierung der Gebäudeschäden oder Zahlen zu Personenschäden konnte Shrestha auf Grund der chaotischen Bedingungen nicht benennen. Was genau hinter diesem „kaputt“ steht, ist also bis dato nicht bekannt. Hier muss auf Rückmeldungen aus der betroffenen Region, in der 15 Schulen und eine Krankenstation stehen, gewartet werden. Es ist zu hoffen, dass sich die Schäden im erträglichen Maße halten. Shrestha nannte dabei explizit die Schulen in Irkhu, Chautara und Kadambas.
Innerhalb der Hilfsorganisation hat man sich spontan entschlossen, eingehende Geldspenden gezielt an das Siddhi Memorial Hospital in Bhaktapur zu leiten. Diese Einrichtung unterstützt die NH BEI umfassend seit vielen Jahren. Dort muss derzeit, wie in den anderen noch funktionierenden Einrichtungen dieser Art, die gewaltige Zahl an Verletzten behandelt werden. Eingehende Spendengelder werden vordringlich zum Kauf von Medikamenten und Hilfsgütern zur Erstversorgung verwendet werden.
Dazu werden an die Nepalhilfe Beilngries e.V Spenden erbeten unter:
Volksbank Bayern Mitte eG
IBAN: DE05 7216 0818 0004 6227 07
BIC: GENODEF1INP
Kennwort „Erdbeben“
Erst wenn Klarheit über die Situation bei den weiteren Projekten und deren unmittelbares Umfeld herrscht, im Wesentlichen sind dies schulische Einrichtungen, kann man sich erneut Gedanken über den Fortgang der Hilfsmaßnahmen und die Zielrichtung der Unterstützungsarbeit machen.
Vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe, sie wird umgehend an die entsprechenden Stellen weitergeleitet! Wir werden Sie in den nächsten Tagen Wochen auf dem laufenden halten.
-Namaste-
Ihre Nepalhilfe Beilngries e.V.
25.04.2015 - Erste Erkenntnisse zu den Projekten der Nepalhilfe Beilngries e.V.
Noch nicht umfassend bekannt sind die Auswirkungen des schweren Erdbebens vom 25.04.2015 in Nepal, was Schäden an den Projekten der Beilngrieser Hilfsorganisation bzw. verletzte oder gar getötete Personen betrifft.
Erfreulich die Nachricht, dass es unter den Mitarbeitern und deren Familien in Kathmandu, sowie den Kindern und Bediensteten des nur wenige Kilometer von Nepals Hauptstadt entfernten Kinderhaus in Lubhu keine Verletzten oder gar Toten zu beklagen gibt. Die entstandenen Sachschäden an den Gebäuden hielten sich in Grenzen.
Dies teilte der Hauptkoordinator Sunil Shrestha am gestrigen Samstagvormittag in einem Telefonat mit.
Noch völlig unübersichtlich ist jedoch die Situation im circa 80 km nordöstlich von Kathmandu gelegenen Sindhupalchok-Distrikt, wo die überwiegende Anzahl der von der NH Beilngries errichteten Schulen liegt. Das gilt auch für das erst vor wenigen Wochen offiziell übergebene Schulküchenprojekt in Chyangli, unweit des Epizentrums des Bebens und das im Süden des Landes gelegene Midpoint Hospital, das durch die Nepalhilfe derzeit umfassend saniert wird.
Manche der Mitarbeiter und deren Familien verbrachten die zurückliegende Nacht aus Sicherheitsgründen außerhalb ihrer Häuser in Zelten.
Die zusammengebrochene Kommunikation und das ebenso betroffene Verkehrswegenetz erschweren momentan weitere Erkenntnisse zu den Begebenheiten in den ländlichen Regionen.
20 years Shree Kali Devi Higher Secondary School (in German: Michl-Dacher-School) in Nepal - April 2015
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In summer 1992, during his visit to Beilngries, Rajendra Giri asked the members of NHB whether they could build a school in his village. He grew up illiterate with no access to education, in the little mountain village Kadambas, 80 km north-east of Kathmandu and dreamt of changing the situation.
The aid organisation had existed only for some months and financially supported projects by Mary Ward and the dispensary of Bir-Hospital. Although the members of NHB with their former president Karl Rebele aimed to create their own projects, they didn’t believe they would have their own school or children’s home so soon. Rajendra Giri’s motivation and confidence was one of the reasons why the resolution of building a school in this remote area was finally passed. After having made some personal contact and viewing the existing school they decided to start. The people of the village began to excavate the mountain in autumn 1992. Pickaxes, shovels and a two-wheeled carriage were the only working equipment, the rest was manpower.
Originally the plan was to build a one-storey primary school with five classrooms and an office. The commitment of the local population, the political support and the financial support by NHB enabled the addition of a second story and a teacher’s house (as there are no pensions or flats to rent).
All of the building materials including sand, cement, steel and the furniture had to be carried to the little mountain village above the river, Sun Kosi, as there was no road access at the time. The village people were responsible for the coordination and the payment of the sherpas. For several months stone mansions from the Mount Everest region were busy breaking stones for the walls and making them into quarters. Rajendra Giri was the head-organisator, who wanted to see his life long dream fulfilled.
21st April 1995 was the day of the official inauguration of the new school called Shree Kali Devi Higher Secondary School. Nepal’s Minister for infrastructure, Prem Singh Dami, the German ambassador in Nepal, Karl-Heinz Scholtyssek, hundreds of people from Kadambas and the surrounding villages as well as many visitors from Germany wanted to be part of this extraordinary event.
This school was to be called Michl-Dacher-Schule in German, called after one of the most successful German mountaineers. The famous alpinist who was from Peiting was our first guest to come to a fund-raiser in Beilngries. Despite all his success he was humble and modest. Dacher himself wasn’t able to be part of the inauguration as he had died at his home only several months before however his wife Josefine was among the many guests.
Rajendra Giri also passed away a few years after “his” school opened. A statue was put in the entrance hall of the school in memorial of him and his merit. From there he has a good view over to the hospital which was opened 2012 and which had also always been one of his dreams.
NHB has been paying for the running costs since its establishment. The school complex has been extended enormously over the last couple of years. Peiting has also contributed to the continuance of the school in several ways over the last twenty years.
At the moment approximately 400 pupils are taught by 14 teachers. The circle of education was closed many years ago, when former pupils became teachers in the Kadambas region.
Erneute Unterstützung aus Schönaich - Februar 2015
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Für unsere Nepalhilfe ist Schönaich in Baden-Württemberg, in der Nähe von gelegen, seit vielen Jahren kein weißer Fleck mehr auf der Landkarte. 17 Jahre sind es mittlerweile, dass von dort die erste finanzielle Unterstützung kam.
15.000 DM waren es damals, die von dem kleinen Team des „Ökumenischen Kreises für eine Welt“ anlässlich des „Eine Welt Tages“, der alljährlich am ersten Advent veranstaltet wird, zusammengetragen wurden. Erneut war es ein großzügiger Geldbetrag, der auf unserem Spendenkonto einging. Erreicht wurde dies durch das finanzielle Engagement der Bevölkerung und den Ideenreichtum und Einsatz der Organisatoren. Da wurden Kränze und Gestecke gefertigt, Essen gekocht und Kuchen gebacken – alles für den guten Zweck. Eigentlich haben sich die Schönaicher auf die Fahne geschrieben, Hilfsorganisationen nur einmalig zu unterstützen. Ausnahmen bestätigen aber bekanntermaßen die Regel. So ist es das erste Mal, dass eine Organisation eine erneute Unterstützung erfährt, wohl auch ein Beleg des Vertrauens und der langjährigen Verbindung.
Die 15.000 Euro des letzten „Eine-Welt-Tages“, der unter der Überschrift „Inklusion“ stand, geht zielgerichtet an unsere Blindenschule in Chautara. Deren schulische Ausstattung wird damit ebenso finanziert wie die Einrichtung des angeschlossenen Wohnheims für die derzeit 16 Jungen und Mädchen.
Am 16.10.2014 besuchten Michaela und Michael Rebele Schönaich um in einem Vortrag über unsere verschiedenen Projekte zu informieren. Schließlich hat sich in den Jahren viel bewegt, seit Karl Rebele und Manfred Lindner 1997 dort ihren Vortrag hielten. Das erkannten auch die Besucher der abendlichen Veranstaltung und waren erstaunt und voll des Lobes für das bisher Geleistete.
Unser Dank geht an Alle, die zu dieser gewaltigen Geldsumme ihren Beitrag geleistet habe. Unsere Freunde in Nepal und wir werden sorgsam damit umgehen, zum Wohl der Jungen und Mädchen der Blindenschule.
Danke, Vergelt’s Gott und Danjabaath
18th anniversary of children’s home – January 2015
Shaligram Bal Griha children’s home celebrated its 18th anniversary with several guests on 27th Dec 2014. On 26th Nov 1996 the first children’s home was inaugurated by the former First Lady Christiane Herzog. The children’s home moved to Lhubu in April 2001, where it is housing 39 orphans and half-orphans at the moment.
Among the 200 guests a Member of Parliament, Udaya Nepali Shresta, was welcomed as guest of honour. The children entertained the guests with several performances during the festivities. In his speech Mr Shresta pointed out that the care and education the orphans receive in the children’s home contributed to forming great members of the Nepali society. He congratulated the members of NHB for their brilliant work in the best interest of Nepali society and thanked them for their long-time commitment in Nepal.
Various ways of selling our calendar - January 2015
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Designing and printing a calendar is one thing, selling is the other, which is the far more difficult task. That’s why we are dependent on any kind of ideas and commitment using every possible opportunity to sell our product, like the presentations of Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Ralf Dujmovits und Hans Kammerlander, who contributed the professional photos to the calendar. This year presentations have been given from Flensburg in the far north to Miesbach in the far south of Germany as well as to our neighbouring country Austria.
It wasn’t hard to gain permission to sell our calendars, however finding a salesman/saleswoman was far more difficult. Personal contacts in the respective regions of Germany are a huge advantage and where there weren’t any, the data bank of our donators helped as well. In the end we could usually find someone who was willing to help us out.
At the presentations, which ran from the beginning of October to the end of November, Irmgard Reiser and a friend of hers supported the sales. Hans Kammerlander and Toni Mutschlechner conducted the presentations in Erlangen, along with police officer Horst Holzmann, at the visit of Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner in Nördlingen.
The medical students Juliane Hente and Hannah Fischer were a real eye-catcher at the presentation of Hans Kammerlander in Essen as they wore traditional Nepali clothes. The young women know Nepal and the NHB not only from a trekking tour, but also from their internship at the Siddhi Memorial Hospital in Bhaktapur in autumn 2013.
This way of selling contributed an enormous part to fulfilling the main aim of selling 10,000 of the produced calendars.