Dear Supporters,

It has already been one year since the devastating earthquake last year in Nepal. It hit so many villages in the rural areas and Majhitar was one of them. In order to help rebuild this village, you generously supported my campaign. Your donations made a difference to people's lives in the village when no government efforts have reached them till now. I want to update you on the current situation in the village.

As some people had suspected, the government relief support to the victims of the earthquakes has not been managed well and people are still living in tents and shacks as recently reported in this BBC news by Justin Rowlatt: Nepal earthquake: Patience wearing thin one year on.

The situation is exacerbated by a drought all over the country. This is even worse in rural areas. As a result, there has been a massive shortage of drinking water in villages and this is the case in Majhitar. The water sources are drying out. People believe that this has been caused by the earthquakes. So there is an urgent need to help the people find clean drinking water in the village. I am currently exploring what is possible to do.

As I had noted in my previous updates here and elsewhere, the people are not allowed to build any concrete homes due to the plan to construct a hydropower dam on the Budhi Gandaki River (see picture 3 below) which flows along Majhitar. The electricity authority has started the process of acquiring the land for the project by publishing names of the land owners. Yet, people are not told when they have to move to another place and where. All this makes lives even harder. So any support we can offer to these people will be very much appreciated. Please encourage your family, friends and networks to donate and support my campaign for getting drinking water for the village.

The pictures below shows how the donated metal sheets are used by a family.