Our first two truckloads of metal sheeting arrived in Jethal, VDC, Sindhupalchowk. Through village consensus it was determined that Wards 4 and 5 were the most needy and distribution began immediately after our load was deposited at Silunga depot.
The shop of Shiva Manandhar, our exhausted sheet-metal dealer in Bhaktapur and delivery of goods to Silunga, 4 hours later.
Tent cities springing up once again due to the second quake. These tarp shelters will not survive the upcoming monsoon rains.
Krishna helps secure new metal sheeting, Padam takes a break. Villagers constructed frames await arrival of metal sheeting.
We will finish providing sheeting in this area over the next 10 days or so. When we are finished, we will have provided adequate sheltering for 700 families displaced by the earthquake.
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