MANY THANKS to those of you who donated quilts for the earthquake victims in Nepal. Thanks to you, we were able to send 230 pounds of quilts to those who lost their homes in the devastation.
The 3rd batch was recently delivered by the CU Boulder chapter of Engineers Without Borders. I am so excited that we go some photos of the quilts being presented to the village women. Here is a note from Noah, who is spending the summer helping in Nepal. (eQuilter has donated to the travel expenses for the group, to help deliver the quilts to Nepal.)
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Namaste Luana,
This is Noah from Engineers Without Borders at CU.
Thank you again for your generosity for the beautiful quilts! They were graciously accepted by the villagers in Kalingchowk. As a little bit of background information, we gave out the quilts in Kalingchowk, in the Dolakha district of Nepal. Kalingchowk was the epicenter of the earthquake that struck Nepal on May 12th, 2015. A total of 100% of the buildings in the village were destroyed that day. Now, all of the villagers are living in temporary tin shelters that are outfitted with solar panels for clean energy use.
NCDC (Namsaling Community Development Center), our NGO partner, has helped to make this possible and continues to work in the village on women’s issues, health and sanitation, income generation, spring source protection, and more.
It took us a 4 hour jeep ride as well as a 1 hour hike to make it up to the village from the nearest town, and we had a glimpse of the sunset on the Himalayas bordering China in the evenings.
We stayed in the village for two days and nights and despite the unending hardship the people have faced, they were incredibly generous and welcoming, and greeted us with a dance and lots of food.
I hope you enjoy the pictures and that they help to continue the success of your wonderful work. Feel free to keep in contact with me about arranging for more quilts to be delivered during our winter trip in December. Our team greatly appreciates your support and looks forward to keeping connected in the future.
Thank you so much,
Noah
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If you’d like to donate a quilt for EWB’s December trip back to Nepal, plan to send it to us to arrive the first week of December, and we’ll make sure it is hand-delivered to someone in need in the mountains of Nepal.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
~Luana
2016 Travel Calendar:
July 20-29 – Seville & Granada
Aug 6 – Intl Quilt Study Center/Museum – Lincoln Nebraska
Aug 12-14 – Festival of Quilts – Birmingham UK
Sept 18-25 – CUBA Arts Tour #2 – Havana, Trinidad & Varadaro
Oct 7 – Dairy Barn – Athens Ohio – Intl Quilt Trends Lecture
Nov 11-13 – Color Marketing Group – Albuquerque
Nov 15-20 – Luana’s Polar Bear Tour
