D2N's mission is to provide sustainable support to grass roots, community-based programs in Detroit neighborhoods and remote villages in Nepal.
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Summer 2024
June 20, 2024
Students in the temporary learning center.
D2N has identified Jana Bikash Basic School in Thuli Barkh as our first school to be rebuilt following the November 2023 earthquake. The school serves 80 low-income students, ages 4-10, from 70 families in three communities. The students are currently housed in a temporary learning center constructed by UNICEF.
We are in the process of finalizing the budget and determining the scope of the local community’s contribution. D2N requires community investment of some kind (materials, labor, funds) in every project.
Happy Spring! Planning continues for the rebuilding of earthquake-safe schools in Nalgad Municipality, Nepal. BlinkNow is D2N's partner in our earthquake relief efforts. BlinkNow's primary endeavor is the Kopila Valley Children's Home, an orphanage. Team Alex, one of D2N's longtime partners in Detroit, is sharing their compassionate nature and love of biking by sponsoring the Kopila Valley Bike club at the orphanage. The sponsorship includes bicycles, helmets and gear for the children as well as weekly maintenance by a mechanic. The spirit of Alex Graham lives on. Watch a video; the kids thank Team Alex at the beginning of the video.
Earthquake Update, 12.19.23
December 19, 2023
During his time in Western Nepal Richard, along with our partners BlinkNow and HAPSA Nepal, delivered much-needed supplies (sanitation kits, jackets, blankets, food, thermoses and sleeping bags) to two villages. After gathering input from the affected communities they developed an Earthquake Relief Plan. Details of the plan can be found here.
In the past week D2N, HAPSA Nepal and BlinkNow have supplied food, tents, warm blankets and clothes, and other supplies to more than 400 families and are in the midst of providing 250 tarps, 250 bags of rice, 650 blankets, dry food items, cooking support, womens' shawls, and enough clothing for about 500 children, moms and babies, emergency medical kits and menstrual hygiene supplies. BlinkNow has also sent teams of volunteer doctors, nurses, counselors, social workers. Supplies are brought in by trucks supplied by D2N, the injured are brought back to Surkhet in an ambulance supplied by D2N.
This handout photo provided by Nepal Prime Minister's Office shows an earthquake-affected area in northwestern Nepal, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. Helicopters and ground troops rushed to help people hurt in a strong earthquake that shook northwestern Nepal districts just before midnight Friday, killing more than 100 people and injuring dozens dozens more, officials said Saturday. (Nepal Prime Minister's Office via AP)
On November 3, 2023 a powerful earthquake struck Western Nepal. Although the area is nowhere near Khotang, because of contacts and resources developed over the past 13 years, D2N is in a position to provide expeditious relief. We will be partnering with HAPSA, non-profit organization that has been working to strengthen health system in Nepal and BlinkNow Foundation, a non-profit already working in Western Nepal, to provide warm meals, a safe drinking water station, blankets, temporary shelters and other necessary items to help residents in Jajarkot get through the next few days and until longer term solutions can be found.
