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Keshav’s work for Star Action in Nepal
- At February 21, 2022
- By Joe Cody
- In News
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We want to share with you the photos we have received from, Keshav.
Recently, the focus of our work has been helping the poor and destitute in Kathmandu, and most particularly the elderly. As you may know, Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, and very badly hit by the pandemic. Another factor increasing the poverty and suffering in this country has of course been the lack of tourists throughout these past two years:
We, here in Nepal, celebrated Christmas in a very meaningful way: by helping the less fortunate with our 2021 Christmas gifts you so generously arranged. We chose an assisted living facility in the district of Lalitpur in the Kathmandu Valley which needed our help the most.
Helping elderly women abandoned by their families has always been our priority because such women need the most help in Nepal. All women living here are illiterate and most of them are widows. We were told that one of the ladies (in the close-up photo above) at the facility was 107 years old who was rescued from the streets of Kathmandu. In our interaction, they shared their stories with us some of which were very heart-wrenching. However, our Christmas gifts brought smiles to their faces and they gave us all their blessings and best wishes. They expressed their heartfelt thanks to you all and Star Action for all the wonderful gifts (they loved the warm shawls for the winter).
…and more recently in February, he sent his update:
The latest of Star Action’s helps has come at a time when Nepal is just beginning to recover from its third lockdown. With each new lockdown, the people who need help have increased but less help is available because there’s no same sense of urgency in people or government anymore as there was in the beginning of the pandemic. The fund which you have so generously arranged for Nepal this time will also go where it’s most needed. Now that the fund has reached us, we’ve started planning for the relief distribution in a way where most people can be helped out.We thank everyone at StarAction and our other donors who made the donation for Nepal.
We are very lucky to have the wonderful support of Keshav, whose work with us has made a difference to so many in these difficult times.