On April 25th 2015 Nepal was hit by a devastating earthquake. This was followed by another several days later. The destruction was widespread. The rebuilding was considerable and is still going on.
10 years later, All Hands and Hearts is still here. We are working on the 30th school rebuild, and the need for reconstruction has not yet been met. There are still many more schools across the country which are still damaged and in which students are learning in substandard and sometimes dangerous conditions.
This video shows some of the work that All Hands and Hearts is doing including footage of the current building that we’re working on, plus footage of previous schools.
Later this week, on the 25th of April 2025, we’ll be engaging in various commemoration activities with the local community to mark the 10 year anniversary.
The 2015 Gorkha earthquake was not the last earthquake this region will see. It is not the last natural disaster to face countries (rich and poor). It is not the last time that mother nature will wreak havoc in ways that are catastrophically life-changing. It is not the last time that All Hands and Hearts, and other disaster relief organisations will be called upon to provide funds, people, expertise and hard work to help alleviate the pain and tragedy that can surround these events.
And while the media and public attention will move away from one disaster to focus on the next (because it is impossible to pay attention to all of them all the time), organisations like All Hands and Hearts will stay. The people affected by these disasters have not been forgotten. They continue to rebuild and the international community continues to support them.
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