Emergency Response: Nepal Floods

Special Emergency Report From Nepal
By Khageshwaar & Tyrone | Nepal Community Lead & Founder

Deeper Into the Flood Zone

Dear followers, friends, family, donors and fundraisers around the world!

Following on from our last update, our team pushed further into the flood-affected areas this week, into villages that are still cut off, still recovering, and still very much in need.

Reaching Colony and Tupche

There was no direct route from Kathmandu into these areas. Roads that used to connect these villages to the outside world simply aren't there anymore, washed away in the floods. Our team had to take a much longer route by 4x4, over terrain that pushed both vehicles and drivers to their limit.

The local police superintendent pointed us toward Colony and Tupche, two of the villages where help was most needed. At the police post in Colony, an officer was assigned to walk our team through the village and show us exactly where animals needed veterinary care.

One of the animals we treated was a cow, badly affected by the disaster. Once she was stable, her owner asked our team for a favour: could they come inside her home with her? She needed to retrieve a few important documents and belongings, but she was too frightened to go in alone.

It wasn't a small ask. Our team hadn't gone in prepared for that kind of risk. But after everything she'd lost, it was impossible to say no. While they were there, she told them how she survived the disaster, a story that's stayed with every one of them since.

Protecting the Community from Disease

Local police also flagged a growing concern: animals that didn't survive the floods were still out in the open, and with the heat, the risk to public health and the environment was rising fast. Our team, already on the ground for veterinary care, stepped in to help manage this too, working alongside local authorities who are stretched thin across search, rescue, and relief all at once. It's difficult work, but necessary to protect the community that's still recovering here.

On to Belkotgadhi Municipality

The next day, a local vet reached out with news that a large number of animals in Belkotgadhi Municipality urgently needed feed. Our team headed straight there.

Getting in meant crossing the Trishuli River at Galchi, the only bridge connecting the two municipalities. The river was still running fast and high, and crossing it was a tense moment for everyone in the vehicle.

Once there, we found animals that had survived being swept away by the river but now had nothing, no shelter from the monsoon rain or the sun. Tarpaulins turned out to be one of the most immediately useful things we could bring. Our vet also checked over a group of buffaloes rescued from the water, one with bruising across her body. Thankfully, she's healing well.

We're Not Going Anywhere

Every village we reach tells us the same thing: recovery here isn't a quick fix, and it isn't happening without support. Our team, all of them local, all of them committed for the long haul, will keep showing up. Village by village. For as long as it takes.

We'll keep sharing these updates as our team continues its work in the region. Thank you to Khageshwaar and the whole team for the work they're doing, often in genuinely difficult and uncertain conditions.

Thank you for standing with us.