We joined the Shelter Cluster Nepal enabling better coordination between individual relief participants,  including local and international organizations and the government, so the people in need get help faster and in more efficient way.

  A collection for Nepal was held in cooperation with the Czech Radio. An interview with the head of the Namaste association Tomáš Beránek at Czech Radio Radiožurnál station on 21^st May 2015.

Our partner organization DCWC handed over immediate humanitarian aid acquired with the money raised by Namaste Nepal. The distribution was assisted by Czech volunteers – the cameraman Michal Reich and the coordinator of the MELA#2 school Eva Neumayerová.

 We have sent 500 thousand CZK (20,835 USD) as an immediate help within the “Relief” phase (i.e. to help the people survive and start new life).  Our team consisting of the DCWC Nepalese association and our volunteers has delivered tons of food and material aid (tarps, blankets, water containers etc.) to remote and hardly accessible areas.

In cooperation with the DCWC organization we are helping in Rajbas area, Kabhre district that was severely effected by the earthquake. The hospital in Rajbas is operating non-stop and people are treated free of charge.

Some good news has finally arrived from Nepal. Both schools built according to the new plan have passed the hard test of the earthquake and they are still STANDING! Both the Bamboo School in Anaikot and the new school MELA#2 in Mahadévtar, which had been oficially opened just before the earthquake, survived the earthquake without any damage.

According to the latest news, in some of the areas up to 95% of the buildings have been destroyed, the number of victims is still growing.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 and the epicentre about 80 km north-west of Kathmandu struck mainly in the capital of Nepal where several hundreds of people have died and many buildings, mainly old ones, have been destroyed, including historical buildings near the Darbar square. Czech volunteers who are in Nepal at the moment are safe.

In cooperation with the Livingstone travel agency an exhibition called Shangri-la has been opened in České Budějovice. The official opening ceremony was attended by the Queen Mother of Bhutan, the Bhutanese ambassador for the EU and the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade. The Ministry of Education of Bhutan asked Namaste Nepal to build a MELA school in Bhutan.

Journalists, regional politicians, Czech honorary Consul in Nepal, DCWC representatives, local residents with their children and last but not least Czech volunteers who took part in final works – they all participated in the official opening ceremony of the MELA#2 school in Mahadevtar yesterday. However, where would we be without Eva Neumayerová, the coordinator and our person number one in Nepal in connection with the construction?

During our last visit to Nepalese schools we distributed colourful crochet hats that made the Nepalese kids very happy – they kept wearing them every day although it was quite warm. The hats were made by nurses from the hospital in Kladno. Many thanks to all of them.

06/ 2014 -  First visit to Mahadevtar

10-11/ 2014 - Martin´s photos

11/ 2014 - Photographs from Eva, the coordinator

01/ 2015 - Photographs from Guna

02/ 2015 - Martina´s photos from February

02/ 2015 - Photos of Filip Polách from February, Wildness Production

04/ 2015 - School Opening ceremony by Jarda 1,
04/ 2015 - School Opening ceremony by Jarda 2

The construction of the school in Mahadevtar, Nepal has already started! You can now also contribute to the construction through the HitHit project!

Thanks!

Thank you all for your help and support and wishing you a happy new year 2015.

You can contribute to the construction of the MELA school in Mahadevtar by sending your financial gift to the account of Namaste Nepal.

We are looking for volunteers for a construction of a new ecological MELA school built of earth and bamboo.

The cycling and outdoor festival OBZORY takes place at the weekend 1^st and 2^nd November 2014 at the Faculty of Philosophy in Prague. In the programme you can find the photo exhibition MUSTANG – IN THE AIR OF THE HIMALAYAN DESERT, a Nepalese shop, advisory point for travellers to Nepal and a mandala drawing workshop.

The SHANGRI-LA exhibition about the Himalayan countries India, Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan can still be seen in the main building of the Západočeské Museum in Pilsen.