This report summarizes the collaborative efforts of Firefly mission & its partners in providing immediate Relief & Rehabilitation works for the people of Nepal following the devastating double earthquakes in 2015.
Background –
The two earthquakes of 7.8 magnitude earthquakes that hit Nepal in April and May 2015 have caused extensive damages to the country. Tens of thousands lost their lives or are injured and hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless. The Firefly Mission has launched a Nepal Relief & Rehabilitation project to bring help to the victims. We started by working with our local partner, the Manjushri Educational Project led by Venerable Khenpo Namdrol Rinpoche for a Relief & Rehabilitation work. The focus of this project is to supply building materials to the victims in the rural and mountainous areas around Pharping, 19km south of Kathmandu.
Nepal Earthquake 2015
Summary of our Nepal Earthquake Relief & Rehabilitation Work:
- Forwarded S$20,000 to Tzu Chi Foundation, Singapore for their relief work.
- Partnership with Manjushri Education Project for:
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- Relief & Rehabilitation work which included: providing temporary shelters, freshly cooked food, temporary schooling, gas stoves and tanks, zinc sheets, etc
- Built 2 more blocks of reinforced concrete hostel and an 2 additional classrooms block at Pharping.
- sponsored a mass screening for hepatitis B and vaccination for students, villagers and the monastics.
1. Forwarded S$20,000 to Tzu Chi Foundation Singapore for relief work in Nepal
Forwarded donation to Tzu Chi Foundation, Singapore for their relief work
Amount: S$20,000
Date: Jun 2015
2. Relief & Rehabilitation work with Manjushri Education Project
Relief & Rehabilitation work which included: providing temporary shelters, freshly cooked food, temporary schooling, gas stoves and tanks, zinc sheets, etc
Partner: Manjushri Education Project
Amount: S$20,000
Date: May 2015
Benefited: 424 families on food, 450 families received kitchen aid, 9000 people provided hot meals, 214 families received shelters, provide interim education for children and provides 1006 families with zinc sheets to rebuild homes.
– Build school hostels & classrooms
Built 2 more blocks of reinforced concrete hostel and an 2 additional classrooms block at Pharping.
Partner: Manjushri Education Project
Cost: S$120,000
Sponsor: Firefly Mission
IMO Bro Goh Kheng Boon Gabriel
Completion: April 2016
Benefits: 100 children
-Support mass screening Hep B & vaccination
Mass screening for hepatitis B and vaccination for students, villagers and the monastics
Partner: Manjushri Education Project
Cost: S$10,000 in the year 2016
S$10,000 in the year 2017
Benefits:
– Up to 2016, vaccinated 1,121 people, out of which 1,075 are children and 31 of them are receiving regular treatment for Hepatitis B.
- In 2017, vaccinated about 350 people, increased from 31 to 50 patients receiving Hep B medicines for treatment. 30 patients in Nepal and 20 patients in Namdrolling Gompa in India.
Mass Screening & Vaccination 2016
Mass Screening & Vaccination 2017 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Firefly Mission would like to express its deep gratitude and thanks to all the people who have made this partnership project possible.
- Manjushri Educational Project
- Venerable Khenpo Namdrol Rinpoche
- Robin Chan Coordinator from Manjushri Education Project (Singapore)
- Marc Leow Coordinator for Nepal Project FFM
- Volunteers of Firefly Mission Singapore
- Other well-wishers and volunteers, too numerous to be named
CONTACT INFORMATION
For further information related to this report, please contact:
Firefly Mission
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Website: http://www.fireflymission.org
Email: enquire@fireflymission.org
Report prepared by: Michelle Lee – 6 Aug 2018