#Nepal EarthQuake Updates

May 4th Kathmandu
Our children are helping us deploy materials to the earthquake victims. Thank you to all those who sent us relief materials with so much love! We assure you it's reaching the people who need it the most.

May 3rd Kathmandu

The teachers in Koseli come from a financially low background and each teacher  has its own battle. Most of them go to morning college and then come to Koseli to work so that they can pay their college fees. The devastating earthquake and the aftershocks haven't not been easy on our teachers as well who come from various villages. A few of our teachers have lost their homes.

Suraj who joined us at the age of 20, three years back comes from Gorkha district.   He could not pursue his dream of studying engineering as his family did not have sufficient recourses. He happened to join Koseli by sheer luck and now his ambition to become an engineer has fired once again. After the earthquake struck Nepal, Suraj Sir went back to his village. He contacted us today and reported that his house is completely broken. 

Kumari Khadka is from Pyuthan village. Her mother was murdered by the villagers years back and hence she fled to Kathmandu. She has spent her childhood in an orphanage. She joined Koseli as a teacher and now dreams of opening her own NGO one day. The natural calamity that hit Nepal on 25th a April, did not spare her as well. She returned to her village to find out that her house was totally devastated. 

We are still waiting to hear from our other teachers. These teachers have no one else to give them hope and support. We urge you to help us rebuild their homes and lives. 

April 30th Kathmandu

Koseli Team has been helping the kids orphaned by the earthquake. Today, we visited an orphanage called Raksha Nepal. Raksha Nepal is a registered NGO running since 2004. They have been taking care of sexually exploited girls. Since the earthquake, the kids who have lost their families in the various small villages of Nepal are gathering here.  We managed to donate some blankets, mats and food at the organisation as some relief aid. They are expecting more than a 100 orphans in the next few days. We the team at Koseli School plan to induct orphans in our school to provide them a secure future. We plan to fulfill their food, clothing, education, medical, hygiene and sanitary needs.  We are expanding our vision and looking at their long term security and we are sure we will be able to help them build a better life.

Earthquake Child Rehabilitation at Koseli School

The Story

Nepal Earthquake

On 25th April, 2015 earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck Nepal leaving ten of thousands of people homeless. Death toll has risen to over 10,000 with many men, women and children still stranded in the rubbles. There are a thousands of people waiting to be treated as the aftershocks continue.

Koseli School is a registered NGO working with slum children since 1997. At present we provide day care to 120 children. Koseli takes care of their medical, education, nutrition, clothing, hygiene & recreation needs. At this time of national tragedy, the open space in Koseli is being used as shelter home.

We will use the funds to admit as many new students to the school who have been displaced by the earthquake and provide them free education, food and shelter. Any left over funds will be used to help other earthquake victims

Koseli Team

We are a team dedicated to helping children with few available resources. Our team is headed by Neelam Sureka and several team members. The fundraising is headed by Sanjana Agarwal (sanjana.agarwal@hotmail.com) and Ashwini Todi (ashwinitodi@gmail.com). Do get in touch for any questions

https://life.indiegogo.com/fundraisers/1245731?fb_action_ids=10102045990700167&fb_action_types=og.shares
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If you do not have a credit card, you can directly transfer funds to our account

Name: Bank of Kathmandu Ltd

A/C Name: Koseli Foundation

Account Number: 010000062679-524

Thanks for your support!!

#PRAYFORNEPAL

Dear All, Nepal is still reeling under the aftershocks of the earthquake. The following days will be even more difficult as the death toll rises and the lack of infrastructure to provide adequate services. I thank all of you for reaching out to us and offering to help. We don't have a count of how many of the kids (or their families) from Koseli are safe. There is no way to track them. The open space in the school even though cracked is being used for sleeping by anyone who needs it. ‪#‎prayfornepal‬

We need money to buy most basic rations like rice, lentils, potatoes and ayush(water purifier).

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