Empower Nepal Foundation
Guest speakers Dr. Murari Suvedi and Patrick Livingston, below, left and right, respectively, with Past President Steve McMillan, who ran the Feb. 22 luncheon meeting of Rotary of Grosse Pointe in President Fred Ollison III's absence, talked about the the Empower Nepal Foundation (ENF). Livingston was a Peace Corp. volunteer in Nepal in the 1970s, and Suvedi is a professor at Michigan State and a native of Nepal. The mission of the ENF is to develop a global network of individuals and organizations, pool ideas and resources from network participants, and disburse the pooled resources to support the people of Nepal improve their quality of life and that of the environment.
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Since two major earthquakes rocked Nepal in 2015 destroying over 7,000 schools, the ENF has been raising funds for, and helping to build, new schools. The hope is to build over 4,500 so all of the students can learn in permanent structures. It’s a long process because the ENF wants to make sure the buildings are sustainable and this requires bringing the communities into the process.
To learn more about this organization or to make a donation, please visit www.empowernepal.net. (Photos by George R. McMullen Jr.)