NEPAL INFO



EVEREST BUILD 2010
BAMBOO HOUSE



The excitement and atmosphere of a blitz with volunteers from many different countries, working together and enjoying the experience is unique, and having it occur in awesome Nepal is an added benefit.

Country Facts

Population: 29,391,883 (July 2011 est)

Capital: Kathmandu Area: 147,181 sq. km. Religions: Hindu 80%, Buddhist 10%, Muslim 4%, Kirant 3.6%, other 1% (2001 census)
Literacy: 48.6% (2001 census)

Population Living Below National Poverty Line: 25.4% (2009)

Access to Improved Water Sources: 88% (2009)
Access to Improved Sanitation Facilities: 31% (2009)

How Habitat for Humanity works in Nepal

HFH Nepal provides a decent home with access to water and sanitation facilities. Typically, a Habitat house measures about 31 sq. m. in area.

Each home partner family contributes sweat equity, or their own labor, to build their own house as well as those of others. Families also provide raw materials such as timber, bamboo or mud from their own land to reduce the loan they have to repay. The mortgage loan repayment period is about 30 months and repayment averages US$7 per month.

Everest Build 2014 aims to build at least 100 houses in a week. International and national volunteers will work alongside Habitat home partners to construct houses in five different models in the village of Jaymangala. This village is located in Salghari Tol, Ratnanagar municipality, in Chitwan district. The village is 6 kilometers east of Narayanghat, part of the city of Bharatpur.

The standard of living in Jaymangala is low and houses are not well maintained. Most houses have thatched roofs, and a few roofs are made of tin sheets. Some are just pieced together with available materials of thatch, straw, mud and bamboo. Many homes are just a single room, with some extending to three rooms.

The village has access to electricity and roads, with a public government water tap used by everyone. Jaymangala’s village cooperatives, saving and lending groups and microfinance institutions are all involved in disseminating information about improved housing, bamboo house construction and Everest Build 2014.

While in Jaymangaia team members can sample the range of local cuisine at dinner: such as Daal Bhaat, a dish of rice and lentils in countless variations and Momo, a steamed dumpling with numerous varieties of fillings.