When a natural disaster strikes somewhere in the world, like the recent earthquakes in Italy and in Myanmar, people often ask, “What can I do to help?” Here at MicroAid, we have the answer: Go and rebuild people’s homes and get them back to their normal lives! I am happy to report that the MicroAid house for our beneficiary family in Nepal is complete! As you know, the Balram family lost their home in the Gorkha earthquake in April 2015. While the Nepalese government has not

Namaste. I hope all is well with you. So, I have truly learned the meaning of “Nepali time”: It means slow. After four months of construction, we are very close to being done with the new home for our beneficiary family. All the plaster, plumbing, and electrical work is done, but there are still a few last details to be finished. We will be putting glass in the windows and installing doors within the next couple of weeks! More than 16 months after the earthquake, where 650,00

When the Balram family settled in the area many generations ago, Bhaktapur was a rural hamlet outside of Kathmandu. As part of the sewing caste, the family’s livelihood was making clothes, curtains, and bedding for the local community. They made a decent living, and their simple mud and stone house was one of the first constructed in the area. Over the years, due to ready-made textile options, their business had dwindled and the family fell into poverty. Six years ago, the fa