Namaste from Nepal!

(Sorry to announce, this campaign is currently on hold due to some internal issues. Updates soon)

Its a sad story, but the up side is that it will change soon with a little help.

My Friend Hari Acharya lost his house 3 years ago, but In every destruction is a chance to rebuild.

Nepal is a quiet, family orrientated place with eight of the ten tallest mountains on earth, scattered with villages containing the deepest hearts.

A predominently Hindu culture promotes honesty, refraining from injuring living beings, patience, self-understanding, development and compassion. All strengthening the deep respect our earth really needs.

Life in the mountains of Nepal produced the insights of Gautama Buddha and generated a new depth of introspection the world continues to benefit from, but this is only one of the lessons we can all learn from this ancient culture of respect.

Globally, we need this input.

In April 2015 Nepal suffered a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, killing over 8,000 and injured another 22,000 and leaving 3.5 million homeless. The villages were scattered, damaged, not trusting their own building methods and scared to live in the houses that were left. Therefore many separated from their families and moved to cities to find work so they can rebuild. This goal has become barely possible. With such a huge influx and damaged architecture the cities struggled, many remain homeless even now, 3 years later. This is the story of our friend Hari Archarya



This is a pain many of us cannot understand the depth of, but one these strong people live with everyday.

But its also a pain we can shift.

Currently Hari pays 700 npr/day ($8.48 AUD) for rickshaw hire, meaning many days he struggles to clear rent and often owes money. This project aims to get Hari out of the rickshaw mafia by building his own house with the traditional mud and stone methods and a little permaculture twist.

We visited Unity Eco Village to learn about their methods, our options and get some direct experience with the beautiful crew there.

We would love some direct help. This is an open opportunity and request to visit Nepal and help build peoples lives again. Places of struggle are also places full of opportunities to help, and I’m sure we all know the strength of the bond made from direct help.



To be honest, if we didn't need about $855 AUD we would just be out building instead of writing for this website.

Your financial help will be used directly for this project, no NGO (as much as we love them) and no admin fees.

Currently we have alot of help from Hari's brother, he is donating land, helping build and donating stone from his old kitchen, aswel as finding us the cheapest resources.



We have 2 solid volunteers, Martijn and Simon (in photos), who are both self supported, and it is a requirment of others that they also can sort themselves out, meaning your help goes directly to Hari's housing.



Rough calculations:

$855 AUD will build a solid stone and mud extension to his brother Dsim Acharya's house (with great insulation just as winter is starting), a sturdy foundation and a corrugated iron roof with basic lighting and electricals. Any more will go directly to seeds, chickens and goats to complete his farming dream :). We are building on the donated land where the foundations are already dug out (see picture below).



So a rough breakdown of the house ingredients:



-$150 AUD House roof (18 pieces of corrugated iron)

-$60 AUD Tools (hammer, screwdriver, saw, knife, shovel, wire)

-$95 AUD Electricity (2 lightbulbs, fitting, cable, plug socket, fuse)

-$70 AUD Door and frame

-$40 AUD 2 windows

-$30 AUD Matress

-$10 AUD Pad lock

-$400 AUD 10 days for 2 hired experienced local helpers ($20 AUD per day, surprisingly this is more than the average wage)

Total $855 AUD



Animals and seeds for farming:



-$35 AUD 1 goat

-$5 AUD 1 chicken

-$60 AUD a great start for seeds to plant vegetables



(Perks)

If you'd like to come and join us the perks are immesurable! Every little bit of help goes a long way with Nepalese building prices, but if you cannot help financially, please talk directly with your friends about this project, or share with your friends on social media.

With love and thanks!

- Hari's crew.

Digging foundations

First stone! With traditional nepalese prayer.

First layer of stone and mud.