this words wrote Choegyal Rimpoche, chairman of the Sertshang orphanage, after midnight in one of the rare hours when the Internet was working.


This was shortly before the second earthquake hit Kathmandu and surroundings on May 12th.


Nepal is still in a state of emergency, many slightly damaged houses collapsed  now with the latest quake.

The situation in the countryside is even worse. Whole villages got buried .


Aid for these remote villages is extremely difficult, most roads are destroyed and Nepal has only a few helicopters. With the coming rainy season help will be much more difficult.

Despite the difficult situation the news from the children's home are not too bad.


Also a state of emergency  applies to the 50 children and their caretakers, they sleep and cook in the garden. They experience daily earthquakes. As soon as the quakes will, stop the children will move to the boys house, which is only slightly damaged. The girls house remains uninhabitable. The separate dining room and kitchen can't be used anymore. The water system could be repaired but drinking water has to be bought, since the government warns from drinking groundwater, filtered or boiled.

" We will contribute to rebuild Nepal ",

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The children are used to helping each other, working together, since the orphanage always had a few adults only, looking after them. The schools are still closed the free time is used to helping each other.


In Kathmandu their is enough food and water available.

It is a different story in the countryside. Rimpoche Choegyal  set off to remote villages with some of the elder children to bring needed goods to these villages, they have to under take long foot marches. In their luggage they not only carry food and other necessary goods, but also pencils and paper, they play and draw with these traumatized homeless children. They will keep these trips up, since the government and the non profit organizations can't reach all villages.


The plan is to give shelter to 20 to 30 orphans, as soon as the government approves of this plan.

The solidarity and support the children in the Sertshang Orphanage get is great and gives hope and want to be shared.


17. Mai 2015

Brigitta Niederhauser


PS. At present it is not known how extensive the damage to the two buildings is or how much the repair will cost. The few experts in the country are needed everywhere. We have an expert from Europe supporting us.We aim to not only repair the girls house, kitchen and dining room, but also build  it earthquake prove if possible.




All donations will go towards the rebuilding and repair of the home and for the new children and the aid for the villages.

All administration costs are covered by the members of the board.