Posts by NLT
Update on Lalgadh!
The daily battle is intense! COVID-19 rates are still increasing daily across Nepal especially here in Province-2 with its 6 million people along the Indian border with much of Nepal in lockdown, curfew or restriction. The stigma along with the fear and rumours about Covid-infection are eroding the normal everyday harmony of local communities. But…
Read MoreLalgadh’s Relief Programme
Rising numbers of people are suffering with the increase of deprivation, hunger and illness due to the lock down. LLHSC has recently received official permission to visit outlying villages to bring food relief packages to those in need who tend to be the very poor. This was a small start which definitely needed to get…
Read MoreLondon Vitality 10k run – Still Waiting
The London Vitality 10k run was due to happen on 25th May, but like so many other situations it has had to be put on hold, with the hope that it can take place in the Autumn. NLT has six places in the 2020 run and so we have been following the updates from London…
Read More7th July 2020 – Locusts – on top of all the other problems!
Locusts arrived in Nepal last weekend! Locusts are related to grasshoppers and measure 0.5 to 3 inches in length and weigh about 2 grammes Although they favour dry land with sandy soil to lay and hatch their eggs, monsoon weather brings rain and lots of greenery which they will eat voraciously. In one phase of…
Read MoreMonsoon time!
June sees the start of the monsoon period, bringing rain, heat and humidity and unfortunately diarrhoea and mosquitos!!The monsoon sweeps up from the Bay of Bengal across Bangladesh and north-eastern India, and up through Nepal.The monsoon is a blessing and a curse at the same time. The rains are essential for rice planting. It would…
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