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Beyond Tears has been working in Nepal providing basic humanitarian aid since 2003. Their goal is to meet the needs of those who find themselves in crisis situations and especially those who have suffered during the past ten years of civil war. Our focus is to reach those who are in the most remote areas of Western Nepal through community development, humanitarian aid and more recently, a shelter for widows in crisis situations. Working out of Surkhet (a central city in western Nepal), Beyond Tears is reaching out with the help of local people. As time and opportunity allow, we work together in the distribution of blankets, clothes, food and school materials; as well as community development work such as building schools, toilets and water projects. Because of the tense situation and very hard conditions this work is accomplished by small-scale projects that respond to immediate needs. All work is done with the help and cooperation of the local community who work hand in hand with us to solve their pressing problem.
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Most community Development projects have taken place in the villages immediately around Surkhet. The political problems in the country have made it very difficult to work in the remote areas of Nepal. 
Because of the civil war in Nepal most of the problems are aggravated. There are areas and groups in Nepal where people live in extreme poverty and some areas such as Mugu have the same gravity of starvation as Sudan. Beyond Tears has helped such people by giving: 
