Nepal Needs Our Help After 7.9 Magnitude Earthquake - Links to Help

The 7.9 magnitude earthquake that recently devastated Nepal has claimed at least 4,000 lives as I write this appeal. I hiked to Mount Everest Base Camp in September 2008 so I have a great affinity for the people there. Some friends have posted various ways to help and I wanted to share those links with you. 


(1) Recommended by Gerri Unrien Kier and Stephen Forte.

Shelter Box USA.

Education Elevated.

Education Elevated Presents a Benefit Garden Concert with The John Byrne Band. There was a previously scheduled fundraiser on Saturday, June 13, in Lafayette, Colorado. It will benefit the hard hit Chyangba Village in Nepal.  Come on out and enjoy an amazing sunset, garden concert with these gifted musicians.

Equal parts Celtic and American Folk, Dublin-born singer/songwriter/guitarist John Byrne is one of the few musical artists today who manage to be traditional and modern at the same time. The John Byrne Band has built a large and loyal regional following from New York to Delaware and throughout the Northeast, with critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic.

TICKETS: $35 each

To Order Call: 303.815.3567
Email: GerriKier@EducationElevated.org


(2) Recommended by Mount Everest Guide Tim Rippel. Tim has been leading trips to Nepal for 30 years and has participated in 42 Himalayan expeditions. 


First Steps International.




(3) Recommended by myself.

International Orthodox Christian Charities.


(4) Recommended by Karina Oliani from Brasil. Karina summitted Mount Everest in 2013. I met Karina while hiking in the Canadian Rockies in 2011. 

Himalayan Family Heathcare Project
 

Expedition and Wilderness Medicine

(5) Recommended by Apa Sherpa. He summitted Mount Everest a record 21 times. I met him at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) in SoHo in 2010.

Apa Sherpa Foundation


(6) Recommended by Edward Lin.


From the various links on fb-posts, articles, etc., I've compiled some of them below. Choose the charities that you feel comfortable with and take action...

Doctors Without Borders 

Phakchok Rinpoche’s Relief Fund 

Educate the Children (Nepal) 

AmeriCares 

CARE 

Catholic Relief Services 

Direct Relief 

GlobalGiving

Save the Children

UNICEF United States

Mercy Corps 

Karuna-Sechan 

Oxfam 

American Red Cross 

Tzu Chi (Buddhist based disaster relief organization)




(7) Recommended by Tim Wilson.


The Gurka Welfare Trust


(8) Recommended by PayPal.

UNICEF  


Habitat for Humanity International.

 
Thank you very much for any assistance you can provide.

Namaste,
Tomislav S. Djurdjevich
New York, NY USA