On 26 August 2026, a wall of ice, rock and water tore down the Bhote Koshi valley.

Whole villages, bridges and the road to China were swept away. Many of the men who died were drivers and hydropower workers – the only earners in their families.

Eight weeks on, widows in Dhunche are facing debts, grief and school fees they can no longer pay. Without help, their children will have to leave school.

NEPAL FLOODING APPEAL

Please DONATE –
the more people Donate the more we can do

1,455

people killed

5,285

still missing

84,000

people affected

47

pupils at one school lost a parent or income

MEET ABINASH, 17

Abinash lost his father, a driver, in the flood. Now he gets up at 5am to milk the family buffalo and carries the milk 12 km to sell in Dhunche before school.
He is the man of the family at 17 – and he is determined to finish Grade 10.
£155 keeps a child like Abinash in school for a whole year.

See What Disaster Aid is already doing in Dhunche

Education

25 children who lost their fee-payer are funded for at least five years at Highland School, Dhunche.

Counselling & skills

31 widowed mothers referred to WOREC for counselling, career advice and vocational training.

Financial & legal help

A pro bono team of accountants and lawyers helping widows claim support, settle loans and transfer assets.

What your gift can do

£155

a year of school for one child

£1,431

a child’s full education to Grade 10

10 places

waiting at school for children who need sponsors

£25,000

a borehole bringing safe water to 1,400-2,000 people

If your organisation, club or group would like a speaker for your meetings, we would be very happy speak about Disaster Aid UK & Ireland, and answer any questions they might have.

Please contact us with suggested details of the time and date of the meeting. Email: admin@disasteraiduk.org

Deployments

What do DARTs do?:

Conduct an assessment of the disaster and local needs;
Coordinate with relevant governments, aid agencies and the affected communities to ensure that aid is deployed where most effective;
Manage the effective distribution of equipment, tents etc. to the sites of deployment;
Train members of the local community so that they can be involved in the distribution and deployment of the equipment, tents etc.;
Work to ensure that deployments are designed to support longer term sustainability;
Monitor and evaluate our deployments to ensure that both the products we are deploying as well as the means of distribution are relevant, effective and reach out to the most vulnerable.

MORE INFORMATION

When we are not running appeals for specific disasters, our focus is on raising funds to prepare,
so that we are ready for future disasters.

Funds provided before a disaster have a much bigger impact, as it means that we can deploy with more aid, more quickly.

To help us be ready for the next appeal please go to our donation webpage

Disaster Aid UK & Ireland

Disaster Aid UK & Ireland is one of the founding partners of Disaster Aid International (DAI). DAI is an international organisation, involving Rotary Clubs around the world, with the mission to:

Respond to disasters with the supply of humanitarian aid to the affected communities and/or individuals.
Work in partnership on humanitarian projects funded by other organisations including Rotary clubs and Rotary districts.

In contrast to many other disaster-response groups, our aim is also to provide an infrastructure that allows affected communities to regain their normal lives.