Bal Sarathi

Daily update from Deerwalk volunteers in Kathmandu.

1. We received 100 tarpaulins, each costing $12. These came through a Deerwalk employee's contact at a local supplier. We have still not decided where they will go, as the demands are a lot more than 100. We will plan that out first thing in the morning.
2. We got a call from a school near the Deerwalk campus. It is named Bal Sarathi and it is an orphanage. Even though the building looked pretty stable from outside, it is almost on the verge of falling down from behind. They have 100 students, and it was sad to see that only a few of them were around, as many have been shifted to other places. When we reached there, members of the Sikh community based in Nepal were busy making makeshift shelters using corrugated sheets. Once again, nothing has been committed yet.
3. We have also started looking at the option of setting up e-clinics in remote villages, so that doctors in Kathmandu can help survivors remotely by Skype and phone.