Sirmooree Summer 2015

I also hear there is quite a lot of diarrhoea in the villages, so I will take in

more medicines and rehydration salts.

12 May 2015

Few people get an undisturbed night’s rest as aftershocks continue. We

felt quite a big one the day before yesterday at about 1530.

This is traditionally the planting season but vital seeds have been buried

or washed away by unseasonal heavy rain. There is an urgent need to

distribute seed and fertilizer to ensure long term food security.

Meanwhile if people are to have the energy to work their fields they need

more substantial nutrition than biscuits and instant noodles.

15 May 2015

The second big earthquake, 7.3 on the Richter scale, hit us on Tuesday

with an epicenter of Namche Bazaar. I was at AWC Bagmati. We were

on the ground floor and were able to move out on to the lawn where we

watched the building sway and shake. A few bricks came loose, but

there was no serious damage. The patients in the clinic hobbled or were

carried out, some in considerable distress. We also had an influx of

people from the neighbouring houses who had nowhere else safe to go.

Someone had contacted GWS for assistance to a Dalit (low caste)

community living south of Dulikhel. They were in a bad way before the

earthquake and are now much worse off. As they fall outside the remit

of GWS and other major relief agencies I agreed to take them on.

19 May 2015

I have been distributing relief materials sent from Thailand by my old

friend Major General Patchara Rattakul. After meeting the needs of

individuals, I split the rest between GWS and the Rowadolu Bhusinga

Sarokar Samaj (RBSS) a non-profit organization run by my business

partner Tenzi Sherpa to support remote communities in Okhaldunga, his

home district. He could not get a helicopter so he is faced with a huge

bill for trucks and tractors to move supplies to where the villagers can

come to collect them. Apparently all of the Nepal Army helicopters are

grounded – maybe lack of spares or pilots out of flying hours.

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