Kathmandu News
Update on the situation in Nepal – 8th May 2015
I am sure that you have been following the news on the BBC and elsewhere about the earthquake and so you will know that the relief work is moving into the hills around Kathmandu. In these areas many villages have suffered terribly with extensive damage to property and in many cases the near total obliteration…
Read MoreSerious Earthquake in Nepal
Many of you have been in contact asking how our colleagues in Kathmandu and Lalgadh have fared in the serious earthquake that struck on Saturday 25th April. We are very grateful for your concern and offers of support and prayers. We are also very relieved to be able to report that all our NLT staff,…
Read MoreUpdate on the Kathmandu Office – April 2013
Many of you will be aware of the road widening activity taking place in Kathmandu, and its threat to our office building in Satdobato, south of the Ring Road near Lalitpur. It seems that the plans to widen our road are going forward, although the authorities have agreed to a narrower format than originally planned.…
Read MoreNext 5 Year Project Agreement Signed!
Nepal Leprosy Trust is pleased to report that the Project Agreement covering the next 5 years’ work in Nepal has been signed by the Government of Nepal this month. It has taken more than 18 months to prepare and negotiate this agreement and we thank all those of you who have been thinking about and…
Read MoreURGENT NEWS – NLT’s Kathmandu Headquarters under threat!!
Nepal Leprosy Trust in Kathmandu has been informed that it is the intention of the Nepali Government to shortly begin road widening works in the area of our office.This will involve the demolishing of our office building (pictured left) whch we built in the late 1980s to house our sheltered leather workshop and be the…
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