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....
MicroAid Builds a Family Compound for Betty — 2015
On the east coast of the island of Samar, an area that is in the direct path of Pacific typhoons, especially Haiyan (2013) and Ruby...
MicroAid Builds a Family Compound for Pedro — 2015
Pedro's wife abandoned the family (four girls, one boy) a few years earlier, and he was doing his best to raise and support them, along...
Super Storms in the Pacific and Around the World
Do you remember Cyclone Pam? . Of course you do. That was the Pacific “hurricane/typhoon” that devastated the islands of Vanuatu...
Good News from Myanmar
. I just got word from our partner in Myanmar that a small project that MicroAid initiated—to deliver water filters to a clinic in a...
MicroAid Provides Water Purification Systems for the Ah Lett Chaung Village Clinic — 2014
In April of 2008, the most powerful cyclone on record, plowed into the delta region of Myanmar (Burma), killing 300,000 and displacing...
Beat But Not Beaten by Myanmar (Burma)
I am back from the assessment trip in Myanmar (Burma)—re. Cyclone Nargis, 2008—just in time to wish everyone a Happy New Year. . . As...
Leaving on a Jet Plane Myanmar (Burma)
hello all: i leave for myanmar (burma) tomorrow on the next microaid international project trip. i will be helping survivors of cyclone...
Our Samoa Village Get Hired to Build Canoes!
As you recall, we did a project in Samoa (2012) where we built 16 canoes—one for each family in the village of Matafa’a—to replace those...
Finding Ways to Help in Myanmar (Burma)
Dear MicroAid supporters. I just wanted to let you know I’ve been preparing for the next MicroAid disaster recovery project in Myanmar...
