ANUVAM’S GENERAL MEETING
will take place
4 and 5 September 2021 at ST BEAT 31440
at the gîte l’Abri d’Arlos
(Pyrenees region)
The Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC Développement solidaire) provides substantial support to ANUVAM for its projects:
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ANUVAM’S GENERAL MEETING
will take place
8 and 9 May 2021 at ST BEAT 31440
at the l’Abri d’Arlos gîte
(Pyrenees region)
Dan Kumari Rai is 30 years old. She is the mother of three children.
She is a teacher of Nepali and home economics. She also teaches illiterate women. She is treasurer of the Rapcha Development Committee. And she’s also a farmer.
Her house was totally destroyed (uninhabitable) on 26 April. Naïna, her husband, had undertaken to build another house behind the old one.
On 9 May, during the second earthquake, the new house that was being built was also destroyed. Dan now lives with his three children, aged 3, 5 and 9, in a temporary shelter for 8 people.
On 25 April I was standing outside my house with two of my children inside. I had no idea it was an earthquake. I went inside to get my children out. That’s when I realised it was an earthquake. Naïna, my husband, was on the roof, building the new house. He jumped off the roof onto the ground.
I was scared for three days. I lost awareness of what I was doing; I lost my memory of those moments. I couldn’t work. At night, there were 45 of us in the greenhouse next to the house. During the day, as soon as the ground moved, I’d jump. We didn’t sleep all night, we talked, we cried.
The first thing I did was get my children out of the house. They were crying and screaming.
According to Dan, everyone (many) thought that the earthquake was caused by the bad behaviour of the Nepalese. The gods were angry because of the politics, the civil war, the lack of respect for each other.
But Dan (and others) ‘knew’ that it was the earth that revolved around the sun, causing the earth to slip.
Others didn’t think much at all. You shouldn’t cry, it was natural, it happened in the mountains; you should stay where you were protected.
After the earthquakes, we stayed outside for 45 days. With a group of 5 or 6 people, we built temporary shelters together. The first government aid arrived after 45 days; we received NR. 7,000. (around 70 euros).
When I think back to that moment, the thought that comes to me is not to go back to my house, because if there’s another earthquake, I’ll die.
For the future, we need to build earthquake-proof houses, but I don’t know how. I have no hope of getting the NR 200,000 promised by the government, because Rapcha is not a priority. But I do need to build an earthquake-proof house. But I have no financial resources left after the destruction of the two houses. There are eight of us in the family. I don’t mind a two-room house (the 20 m² sandbag houses), but I find it hard to accept. In fact, I’m hoping that the government will help us to build earthquake-proof houses and give us the financial means to do so.
Finally, I’d like to know whether technology will make it possible to predict earthquakes and whether I’ll get the financial means to rebuild my house.
Marc Béchet – November 2015
The association of employees of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC Développement solidaire) provides significant support to ANUVAM for the continuation of its earthquake-resistant construction projects.
Since the 2019 AGM, 3 houses have been built, with the support of CDCDéveloppement solidaire (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations). CDC supported us on the “sustainable local economy” aspect.
The interim report on the first phase of earthquake-resistant houses has been accepted by the CDC développement solidaire. The photos of the work sites (masons and carpenters) have been included in the brochure for the CDC’s 2019 activity report (page 7).
Due to the health crisis, the trips scheduled for 2020 have been cancelled. This has deprived the association of elements of observation, understanding or verification of this field mission that could have informed our decisions.
There is a climate of uncertainty in Nepal, which has repercussions on development and sponsorship policies. Economic and social life is very disrupted. The political situation is currently stable.
The pandemic has revealed Nepal’s dependence on India, particularly in terms of agriculture. There is a growing desire to revitalise local agriculture.
–Climate crisis: very heavy monsoon, resulting in landslides and crop damage.
The GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the ANUVAM association will be held in Brousse (Auvergne region)
with Jean-Claude and Gisèle Bonnet
on 3 and 4 October 2020.
It starts on Saturday 3 at 2.30pm and finishes on Sunday after lunch.
You can consult the notice of meeting and agenda in the Members’ Area.
The photos will be exhibited at the Annual General Meeting on 3 and 4 October in Brousse, and sales will go to the ANUVAM Association, of which Jean Claude Raimbault is Secretary General.
They are available in various formats as rigid prints (Dibond process).
Discover the catalogue, and let yourself be tempted ….
Following the COVID-19 pandemic
ANUVAM GENERAL MEETING
has been postponed
on 3 and 4 October in BROUSSE (63)
(Auvergne region)
At Gisèle et Jean-Claude BONNET Home
Author’s presentation, back cover.
The association of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations employees (CDC Développement solidaire) is providing substantial support to ANUVAM to enable it to continue its earthquake-resistant construction projects.
A contribution of €15,000 to build 6 new houses in Basa-Rapcha.
You can consult the selected projects on their website, and on ANUVAM’s website on page 17.
ANUVAM and the local community of Basa-Rapcha would like to thank CDC Développement Solidaire for their support for sustainable social housing.
Find out more about this association and the proposed trip.
As every year, the traditional exchange of good wishes is an opportunity to reaffirm our affection and solidarity with the inhabitants of the village of Basa-Rapcha. Yadav, Pancha and Jase warmly send their good wishes to all the members of the association, both to those who have had the opportunity to spend time there and to the friends they don’t know, but who have been providing their support for 25 years.
