Manisha UK Disaster Recovery Response (April 25th) ...

Manisha UK focusses on Education, Healthcare and Sustainability, it is not a front line disaster relief organisation. However, at this time of crisis we all need to pull together in a coordinated manner and ensure that in continuing to meet our longer term goals we are also helping address the immediate needs of the communities we support.

 

Below you will see, based on the latest update from our supported communities, what Manisha UK plans as part of its Disaster Response and how you can help us to help these poor rural communities recover and prepare for the future.

Having made an initial assessment of needs, the Trustees of Manisha UK believe our current priorities and plans should be as follows:

Short term (May/June):

• Provide funding for bottled water supplies to communities that have had normal filtered spring-water supplies disrupted.
• Initiate communications and fund raising programmes to help meet the cost of our plans.
• Ensure schools are opened up as community support centres, wherever possible.
• Undertake full assessment of water supply disruption to all 10 supported communities.
• Undertake full assessment of disruption to sanitation facilities of all 10 supported communities.
• Undertake full assessment of school damage in all 10 supported communities.
• Assess likelihood that 2015/16 Manisha UK NQT Teacher Training Programme can go ahead and with what priorities.
• Help raise awareness within front line aid organisations of the plight of the communities we support.

Medium term (2015):

• Initiate school repair programme for those schools with minor structural damage in conjunction with local businesses.
• Initiate water supply repair programmes, possibly in conjunction with Rotary International and/or Gurkha Welfare Foundation.
• Initiate sanitation facility repair programmes, possibly in conjunction with Rotary International and/or Gurkha Welfare Foundation.
• Initiate major fund raising programme for rebuild of any schools in our supported communities that are beyond repair.
• Understand whether any Nepalese governmental support for school rebuild is likely.
• Understand what can be / should be done to rebuild / repair buildings to minimize the effect of future earthquakes
• Continue with 2015/16 NQT Teacher Training Programme, if possible and with amended priorities/outcomes

Longer term (2016):

• Initiate school rebuild programme for school buildings that are beyond repair
• Develop an action plan for future disasters
• Reinstate/continue 2016/17 NQT Teacher Training Programme.

The Children and Communities We support Need Your Help ...

Some of our UK twinned schools and other supporters of Manisha UK, have already started fundraising, or are planning to do so.

We urge anyone who wishes to help our supported communities to recover from this terrible natural disaster, to please make a donation in one of the following ways:

Online donation at the Manisha UK donation page.

 

Text donation of £10 by texting TEXT21 £10 to a UK mobile to number 70070, you will receive a confirmation text and request to approve gift aid.

 

Cheque made out to Manisha UK and sent to Old Moat Barn, Dormston Lane, Dormston, Worcs. WR7 4JX (Please enclose name, address, email address and approval to gift aid).

 

Many thanks, your support is very much appreciated. As always, a little goes a long way in Nepal!