Support and rebuild Chalish Village, Nepal

We have an association with Chalish Village through Kul Gurung (trekking guide, local assistance) and Tej Gurung (relief coordinator for the village). Both Tej and Kul are from Chalish and it is where their parents and relatives still live. They have made a commitment to themselves and their families to rebuild Chalish following the earthquakes.

Chalish Village is located north west of Kathmandu, in the region of Dhading. Chalish is 2-3 days walk from the closest road, on a less popular trekking route. The Chalish people's primarily source of income is from agriculture and to a lesser extent from trekkers who stop for food and lodging, some of the villagers also work as trekking guides. All over these income streams have been seriously impacted by the earthquakes.

The village is located approx. 100 km from the epicentre of the 2015 earthquakes, and as a result the majority of the village, including the houses, lodges and the school, was either destroyed or has become to damaged to live in. The families of Chalish are now living in tents and temporary accommodation around the village with relief to the area being very slow due to its isolated nature. Additionally, the needs of Nepali people are actually too great for their government and relief organisations to cope with and small villages like Chalish are not a priority.

We wanted to support Tej and Kul's promise to rebuild their village and through this page we have decided to contribute, we ask you to join us too by making a personal contribution.

This page is one of a number of donation/ fundraising pages set up internationally for the Village. It has been authorised by the people of Chalish Village. We guarantee that 100% of the money goes to the Chalish Village through Kul Gurung and Tej Gurung's relief co-ordination.

We are planning to travel to Nepal in November this year and as part of this trip we aim to visit Chalish Village to both offer our support and assistance, and to see first-hand how donations have helped.

You can keep up to date with the progress of the rebuilding Chalish by joining the Facebook community 'Rebuilding Chalish, Nepal' (https://www.facebook.com/RebuildingChalish), this has been set up by the Lauzon family from Quebec who are also raising funds for Chalish. Regular updates are provided by Kul and Tej through the page and they have also said they are happy to be contacted though Facebook.

Namaste

Luke and Vivienne Faithfull