Second Project in Nepal is Complete
March 28, 2017 I am happy to report that our second project in Nepal is complete—on-time and on budget, thanks to our new in-country...
MicroAid Continues in Nepal
Our second project in Nepal, headed by MicroAid’s new in-country project manager, is going well. I am in daily contact with Nabina as she...
Our Nepal in Country Manager
Happy New Year! MicroAid is starting the new year by “scaling up.” Over the years, many of you have asked how we are going to expand the...
Giving Thanks November 2016
Dear MicroAid supporters: I hope all is well with you. At this time of thanksgiving, I want you to know how much I appreciate your...
Nepal House Complete Summer 2016
When a natural disaster strikes somewhere in the world, like the recent earthquakes in Italy and in Myanmar, people often ask, “What can...
Nepal House Project – Spring/Summer 2016
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...
MicroAid Builds a New Home for the Balram Family — 2016
When the Balram family settled in the area many generations ago, Bhaktapur was a rural hamlet outside of Kathmandu. As part of the sewing...
Nepal House Project — Spring 2016
Namaste from Nepal. All the structural work on the house for our beneficiary family is complete! Setting wood forms for second slab...
Nepal House Project
Here in Nepal, the house for our beneficiary family is coming along slowly but surely. After series of delays, we are finally making...
Holidays in Nepal
The project is moving forward here… but slowly. We work seven days a week—when there are no Hindu, Newari, or Buddhist holidays, which...
Spring 2016 Update: Nepal House Project
First, I want to express sympathy for the earthquake victims in Japan and Ecuador. We will put Ecuador on our list for our help down the...
Assessing the View from the Top of the World in Nepal
Namaste: I’ve been in Nepal for three weeks and have done many site visits, and met with local NGOs, INGOs, and private individuals who...
MicroAid Assessment Trip to Nepal
I hope all is well. I am leaving on March 2nd for Nepal, where in April, 2015, the magnitude-7.8 Gorka earthquake killed 8,000 people and...
Our Huge Accomplishments
October, 2015 As we head into the fourth quarter of 2015, I want to look back at all that we have accomplished in the last six years...
Philippines Houses Complete
The houses in the Philippines are done and I am back in the USA. . The families are so happy now that they have solid homes that will...
Philippines House Project
Maopai! I am in Omawas, Philippines, on the east coast of the island of Samar. An area that is in the direct path of Pacific typhoons....