FRIENDS OF HIMALAYAN CHILDREN

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photo of Som handing out donated supplies to victims of the Nepal floods

Your donations hard at work – thank you

At 8:20am, Wednesday 26 August, a chunk of glacier breaks away from the north face of Nepal’s Langtang Lirung and crashes hundreds of metres into the valley below and into the Lende River, the border river between Nepal and Tibet. This generates a 9-metre wall of water travelling at 180km/hour …read more

photo of a family affected by the Nepal floods

All of our men are gone

Som met this family during his recent time in the flood-devastated area of Nepal. They are a family suffering terribly. Her husband, brothers, uncles and other male relatives were working on the hydro project on the border when the flood came through. They all lost their lives. This family now …read more

photo of Ambir Tamang

Ambir Rai – missing

As well as loosing Dolma, the flood has presumably taken another friend. As of writing, Ambir Rai was listed as missing but now presumed dead. He was a trekking Guide working in the area of destruction at the time. While Ambir is not directly part of the FHC family he …read more

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