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TCD without “beginnings” is a void; it never happens.
TCD with good foundations in relationships, foci, training, field/leaders willing to lead, initial funding and the like is a WIN-WIN!
Bangladesh is in the initial stages of becoming that WIN-WIN. Relationships have been built for almost 18 months now. Focus is becoming clear. Training in initial TCD has happened. Field leadership has been chosen. Funding has begun to trickle in.
Within 6 months GHNI will have full ventured TCD in place in Bangladesh in 2 distinctly different village settings.
Join us please in this venture!
Thanks! Dan TCD planning (initial) Plantings(dry field) Starting In the Classroom Running Children Along the Road
Little boy & bag (village help) – Nepal
GHNI-Nepal is wholly committed to TCD-Transformational Community Development. Disaster Relief, in the mean time, has consumed all our energies and resources to date since the earthquakes. We are still in the throws of disaster relief right now. Tin distribution-village 8-’15
The majority of our income-donations for Nepal continues to be requested and focused on DR. Vast numbers of villages are still in need of DR help from so many sources, and we are helping in every conceivable way we can in GHNI. off-loading truck -Nepal 8-’15
Winter is coming quick, and shelter from the elements is essential to all remote villages. So we continue disaster relief. Tents Kathmandu 8-’15
Yet … yet, GHNI is not primarily a DR agent. So as soon as we can see the “light-of-day” from DR … we are transitioning in TCD! Thanks for being so faithful in helping us in this hoped-for transition coming soon in Nepal. It’s our heart to provide self-sustainability as quickly as possible … !
Dan
Earthquake disaster relief continues via GHNI …
Short Term Team – STT/GHNI was on the ground last week in Nepal, as they helped in relieving “some” of the devastation encountered by villagers and in Kathmandu. Total Destruction of Village Home
Amazing hospitality never ceases to amaze our team, as even now living in temporary shelters made of sticks, roof tins, tarps, etc., the locals in one tiny village we helped, insisted on feeding us the best of their best. “Humbled”, is a word that couldn’t come close to how we felt. These people are amazing in how they are committed to re-establishing life, regardless of resources. We were there simply to provide such. Mom, who prepared our lunch in her temporary “home”!
Provisions of roofing tin(s), tarps, rice and other food essentials were distributed by our team in both remote village locations, as well as in Kathmandu. STT team members and village ladies …
Purchasing and utilizing “local resources” is a foundational GHNI concept. GHNI desires, as much as possible, to support and enhance the local economies, purchasing from these sources when possible, even in disaster relief times such as this. Local resource purchasing of roof tins and tarps
Rood tin(s) & tarp(s) distribution
Beauty of life, new and not so, continues to rise from the rubble of these types of disasters … giving us all a glimpse of the “potential” goodness of life and the extraordinary hope intrinsic in some. “Life” new and not so … rising out of the rubble …
“My children are traumatized by the sight of seeing many of our neighbors killed in the earthquake. Hundreds of our neighbors are camped out in open areas.” GHNI National Director – Kiran
These are the words of Kiran as we talked on the phone.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Nepal days ago has been followed by over 100 after shocks. In Kathmandu, Kiran reports there are people afraid to enter the hospitals because of all the aftershocks, and are sleeping in the open air. Roads are blocked; food and water are becoming very scarce in many locations, even as international aid arrives.
As of this writing over 6,000 are confirmed dead, but that number is rising rapidly as villages are accessed.
GHNI has been working in Nepal for several years. Our staff will soon stabilize their families and continue reaching out beyond their own neighborhoods to engage in the national effort. Our plan is to do a general assessment on nearby villages where up to 95% of the homes have been destroyed. Preliminary evaluations reveal water and food will be greatly needed as the crisis of moving the dead and wounded winds down in the next few weeks.
GHNI is gearing up to provide water and food, especially to the villages outside Kathmandu that are out of reach to many. The uniqueness of GHNI’s mission is we also commit to helping villages rebuild, becoming self-sustainable, alongside residents.
We will focus on using local resources of food and water first, so we don’t disrupt local economies.
Our staff workers desperately need your help! KathmanduPost(1)
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