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Nepal 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. 
 
 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. School among the Badi people of Jupra  The Badi people are a semi-nomadic ethnic group that works in the stream beds of Nepal gathering sand and rocks to sell for construction. Beyond Tears helped a community build a school and run it for the past two years. The school just started its third year with 62 students from grade one to three. Last year, Beyond Tears provided two teachers for the school. Now it is working with the community to make the school self-sustainable by registering it with the government and raising money though a tax on the sand & gravel. Water Project in Jupra  The closest drinking water in the Jupra was 1km from the village. Because of this distance, the people were drinking the water from the stream and subsequently having many physical problems. Beyond Tears has helped tap the water into a receiving tank which then flows into three separate taps in the village. Water Project among the Tharu People of Nepal 
 
 The Tharu people are an ethnic group that lives on the land of rich land owners. They work the land for other people in exchange for half the crops. Because they do not have an income per se, nor do they own land of their own, they find themselves at the bottom of the social scale. Beyond Tears has helped a village of Tharu people by digging three wells for drinking water plus 12 toilets, partnering with the villagers themselves. Water project among the Dalit of Nepal The Dalit are at the bottom of the cast system (the untouchables). They are not usually educated and rarely have good jobs. Beyond Tears worked together with the community of Bame Cola to make a holding tank for a local spring which feeds two taps. Previously the people had to wait in line for hours to get water in this village, but once the project was over there were no more lines. The people in Bame Cola worked together and through the help of Beyond Tears were able to solve their problem of drinking water. 
 Water Project in Sajgat Beyond Tears helped a community situated two days north of Surkhet to meet their need for drinking water by providing the material needed to build 4 wells. The local people did the work.
 
 
 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: 
 
 
Clothing to people in remote areas A hundred sweaters were distributed in the remote district of Mugu over the new year of 2006. The sweaters were given out to the children of the poorest families in three villages. These were chosen by the communities themselves. 
School supplies to those who can't afford it. A year's worth of school supplies and school bags were handed out to 50 students in three remote villages of Mugu before the schools started this year. The students were chosen by the school teachers, giving preference to orphans and children of physically or mentally handicapped people. 
Providing shelter for Widows For the past few years Beyond Tears has been helping woman by means of training in sewing and candle making. Because of the great need of the woman in Nepal, Beyond Tears felt that it was necessary to have a shelter to receive widows who were in crisis situations until they got back on their feet again. Land was bought and the construction of a building is under way, with the goal to shelter at least two widows before the coming winter. Three Nepali staff are being trained and orientated to help in the work. Before the end of 2006 Beyond Tears plans to start the training program for these women. 
Steve & Tara Regnault Steve & Tara have been Beyond Tears Worldwide staff members since August 2003, but have been working in Nepal much longer than that.  Steve, Tara & Teresa Steve, who is Canadian, grew up in the French Alps where his parents ran a Family vacation center for a French church association.
Clean Water Project Jupra is a small village in a riverbed. The people etch a living by breaking the rocks in the riverbed to sell for gravel for construction. There is no clean water near the village. . We have built a small dam and a holding tank, and stretched a water pipe across a 40 meter wide river. The pipe is hung between trees over a distance of 130 meters and then runs one kilometre under ground to the village.  Capt the water at the spring. We will continue to work with other villages that lack a source of clean water as funds & help is available. Sometimes a well can be dug, but sometimes, water needs to be piped in from the closest spring. Sewing School A sewing school was started in March 2004 to give girls a skill that would allow them to start their own business.  First sewing class The school was started with 9 girls and finished with only 2 girls. Four of the 9 girls who started the course got married within the three months… We knew one was planning to do so and she had told us that she might not be able to finish. One girl’s husband came back from India and for some reason would not let her come any longer to the class. One young girl quit to care for her mother who became very sick. The last one just took off to the east of Nepal! Other people who have been doing this type of project and they said that this is common.
The Route Tribe The Route are a VERY closed nomadic tribe that Steve, a Beyond Tear’s Worldwide staff member, has been involved with them for over two years. The Route live by making wooden bowls and boxes. They exchange their boxes for food.  Steve with Route men There is very little contact with the other people. We are trying to help them by providing blankets, organizing cultural exchanges with the local population and organizing medical clinics.  They are sometimes mistaken for Maoists by the army.  Men examining blankets Community development projects We continue to help different villages with health & welfare projects.  Digging toilets  Health Care clinics Help Start Small Businesses We provide a pair of piglets to needy families to help them start raising pigs. They repay us with a male and a female from the first litter.  A litter of piglets Blankets for refugees Nepal has been in near civil war for several years. The Maoists, who work mainly in the villages, are putting more & more pressure on the people to join them, provide for their needs and give them their land.  Many people have fled their villages towards the larger centers or to other countries such as India.
AIDS Shelter We have been asked to assist in starting an AIDS shelter. We are negotiating a working agreement with another NGO. Stay tuned for further developments.
School at Jupra Beyond Tears Worldwide has helped create a primary school at Jupra, a village that is built in a river bed. The people there from the Badi cast. They dig out the sand and stones to sell for construction. They live in shacks made out of wood and mud. After several years once the sand and rocks have run out they will move to another riverbed or further down the same one. The girls are often used for prostitution, and the Badi people are also known for singing and dancing for money.
Container With the help of “100 Huntley Street, a daily Canadian TV program, we have received a container of medical supplies, school supplies & clothes that were distributed to the local population.  Delivery bed from container  Boy receiving his first gifts – clothes and a school bag of supplies Orphanage Assistance was given to starting an orphanage. This work is being carried on by another organization.  Orphans around a table provided through BTW. |
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