Friday, May 1, 2015

KUSOM with the needy

Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) has been involved in post-earthquake relief work through two major activities - 'KUSOM Resource Drive' and 'Helping Monetary Support'. This is being done with a strong collaboration between Faculty Welfare Council and Student Welfare Council. 
KUSOM Resource Drive aims to collect food, clothing, medicine, tents etc. from Kusomites and Non-Kusomites in the School premise and dispatch them to the needy. The School is collaborating with Helping Hands, Merojobs.com, Nyano Sansar etc. for this Drive. Helping Monetary Support collects monetary contributions from faculties and willing donors. The fund primarily targets the School staff and their families, and other victims. The collection has reached nearly 135K; we have been receiving more.

KUSOM Resource Drive Day 1
We channeled supplies to the families in Dahachok, Chyasal, Bungmati, Falate (Kavre), 3 VDCs in Sindhupalchok and Dhading. To the 6 families at Dahachok, we supplied 3 bags of Chiura, 1 bag of rice, 2 tents, 1 carton of noodles, 1carton of biscuits, 10 packets Jivan Jal, 3 sanitary pads, 5 strips of paracetamol, 4 blankets, 3 bags of clothes and 1 mat. Similarly, 10 packets of safety pads, 20 packets of Jeevan jal, surgical masks, 200 tablets of paracetamol, 50 tablets of metronidajol, 5 files of handiplast, 14 packets of dalmoth, 4 cartons of biscuits, 6 bags of clothes to a community of 500 people in Falate, Kavre (this was in addition to efforts and materials by Helping Hands). KUSOM students were involved in the distribution.

We handed over 2 blankets, 12 packets of biscuits, 1 carton of noodles and some baby clothes to our gardener dai at KUSOM whose house is in Sindhupalchok and has suffered personal loss. We also dispatched 5 carton of noodles, 20 kg of beaten rice, 3 packets of bhujiya to Kalika VDC in Sindhupalchok (this does not include the materials collected by Leo Club). 100 blankets have been sent to Dhading via helicopter.

KUSOM Resource Drive Day 2
We sent dry food, raw food, medical supplies, clothes and blankets to Sindhupalchok, Kavre, Gorkha, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur via air and land. The materials were dispatched to thirteen places through 14 different teams from KUSOM, Teach for Nepal, Nyano Sansar, Merojob.com and Kehi Garau. The supplies were dispatched to 1) Sindhupalchowk, 2) Kavre (with KUSOM team), 3) Gorkha via helicopter (2 airdrops), 4) Kavre -Bhenekhola (with Jukiana from KUSOM), 5) Kavre VDC ward number 4, 6) Tamadi, Bhaktapur (2 teams from KUSOM), 7) Bungmati, Lalitpur, 8) Mulpani, Kathmandu, 9) Shading (with Nyano SANSAR including Sharad KC from KUSOM), 10) Lubhu (through Merojob.com), 11) Basbari, Sindhupalchok (through Teach for Nepal), 12) Nuwakot and 13) Dhading.
- Rojan Baniya, Assistant Prof. (KUSOM)

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