Crowdfunder Launch - Mandandeupur Landslides

On 26th to 28th September 2024, Mandandeupur received 391mm of rainfall in 24 unprecedented hours. This deluge triggered flash-flooding and devastating landslides that resulted in 78 deaths across the Kavrepalanchok region of Nepal.

In the wards at the heart of our project area in Mandandeupur the destruction has been reported as worse than that caused by the 2015 earthquake. Homes, roads, water supply systems, electricity lines, and community facilities—such as schools and temples—have been destroyed, isolating many residents from basic services and making travel between neighbourhoods impossible.

Eight people, including two children, lost their lives, and hundreds of families have been displaced. Water facilities have been severely impacted, and vital crops, including paddy, maize, and vegetables, have been destroyed, with over 550 animals lost. Six successful years of project work in the area was, for some, wiped out in two days.

On 3rd March 2025, The Glacier Trust will launch a Crowdfunder campaign to help get these impacted communities back on their feet. With emergency response covered by government bodies, our focus will be the restoration of basic services and facilities for the functioning of a community affected by a disaster, along with the replanting of damaged or destroyed crops and trees to previous levels. We will continue to develop our project work in line with initial plans, with extra focus on rehabilitation, replanting and resilience, ensuring recovery and rehabilitation is sustainable and has long-term impacts.

We will be building up to the launch over the coming weeks, so please do follow us on social media and keep an eye on your inbox!

Solukhumbu Coffee Roastery - Update

All the funds from the GFMe crowd funder have been transferred to the bank account in Nepal of the AgroForestry Resource Centre (AFRC) in Deusa, Solukhumbu, and much of the required equipment has now either been purchased (some of it already stored safely at the AFRC) or is on order from India.

Four quotations were received from different suppliers in line with Nepal Government procurement procedures, and the cheapest supplier was accepted.

Four pieces of the more major equipment – the coffee hulling machine, the grading machine, the roasting machine and the coffee grinder – are on order but are scheduled to be supplied by 16 August, 2024. EcoHimal and the AFRC will then receive specialist local assistance to install and test the equipment, establish the roastery and train the necessary staff in Mukli, where the Thulung Dudhkoshi Local Municipal Government has kindly provided us with spacious accommodation.

Many thanks indeed for your donations large and small – all very much appreciated. Once the roaster has been established and is up and running, we will then send some pics!