Since the earthquake struck Nepal on 25th April, 2015, Light On had officially delivered two times of relief materials to two villages in the epicenter, Gorkha.
Uttamtari, 2nd May, 2015 With 11 other local volunteers from Edventure Nepal (a registered NGO in Pokhara), Light On went to Uttamtari village in Gorkha to distribute 1440kg of food directly to the hands of villagers, benefitting 189 families.
Materials delivered to Uttamtari on 2nd May, 2015
Items
Unit Price
Units
Costs (Rupees)
KG
Blankets
1000
100
100000
Rice
406 per 7 kg
100
40600
700
Lentil
300 per 2kg
100
30000
200
Flour
55 per kg
100
5500
100
Beaten Rice
77 per kg
100
7700
100
Sugar
62 per kg
100
6200
100
Salt
18 per kg
100
1800
100
Dry Noodle
95 per kg
100
9500
100
Tent
1500
93
139500
Transportation for materials and volunteers
20000
Grand Total
360,800Rupees
1400KG
Annapurna, 16th May, 2015
Know that in the remote area of Gorkha, the villagers still hadn’t got enough food supplies, we went to another mountain village called Annapurna.
With the help of all the board members from Edventure Nepal again, we had distributed 6750KG of food including rice, lentils, dry noodle and salt to about 550 families.
Materials delivered to Annapurna, on 16th May, 2015
Items
Unit Price
Units
Costs (Rupees)
KG
Rice (Mansuli)
1700 per 30kg
107
181900
3210
Rice (Mansuli)
300 per 2kg
100
30000
200
Rice (Karuna)
1500 per 25kg
52
78000
1300
Lentils
125 per kg
900
112500
900
Salt
18 per kg
450
8100
450
Dry Noodle
66.37 per kg
900
59733
900
VAT13%
7765
Grand Total
447,998 Rupees
6760KG
After the second delivery of relief materials, we heard from villagers that some schools collapsed partially during the earthquake, and temporary shelters are built for students.
Realizing that just distributing food will not help the villagers to be self-sustained, we went to inspect the current situation of the schools, and wanted to identify schools which need to be rebuilt in the region.
