While we were selecting and vetting our next beneficiary family in Nepal, MicroAid was completing the previous home for another earthquake-survivor family. As you may recall, we started with our family's damaged home on their tiny lot down an alley. We cleared the site and started building a comfortable safe permeant home for them to live in for the rest of their lives … and for generations to come. After about six months, we completed the home and it was ready for them to mo

I’m happy to report that we have already vetted a new beneficiary family in Nepal and begun the process of building them a new permanent house to replace the one they lost in the earthquake of 2015. Since that devastating event, which destroyed 650,000 homes in Nepal, our family (the mom and two daughters) has been living in a rented two-room apartment. Sadly, her husband/their dad was killed during the earthquake. At MicroAid, we pride ourselves on finding and helping deserv

Many of you have asked about the situation in Nepal—the political and MicroAid’s work—during and after the recent upheaval. A couple of months ago, the government cut off most social media access. This affected communication with our project manager, but we worked around the issue and continued our project. The Gen-Z protesters (as they came to be called) took to the streets, where they were met with deadly fire from the authorities—21 young people were killed and 100 wounded

I'm happy to report that we started a new project in Nepal.  Building a new home for a family whose original home was damaged beyond...

I am pleased to report that MicroAid finished another house for a beneficiary family in Nepal. As you know, we have been rebuilding...

I hope everyone is doing well. Here’s a link to an interview I did for ShoutOut LA. https://shoutoutla.com/meet-jon-ross I think it came...

In Nepal, we are making good progress on the house for our beneficiary family, who lost their home in the 2015 Gorkha earthquake.  As you...

Some good news from Nepal. We are making great progress on the house for our beneficiary family in the town of Bhaktapur.  We have...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones from me and all the MicroAid beneficiaries families. Over the years, your generosity has...

No matter what happens in politics, MicroAid continues to do our work helping those in need. As you know, we rebuild permanent houses for...