#NepalQuake How can I help for #Earthquake relief?

A M7.9 earthquake stuck Nepal on April 25th, resulting into the death of 4000 and counting.
Thanks to humanity, a lot of support is coming together.

There are few ways you can help:
1. Money
2. Mind, and time

Let me first go to the second point:
You can donate your time to help identify the collapsed houses so that these efforts could be used by the rescue and damage assessment teams.
Few examples:
1. the website tomnod :

So far 16,685 people have helped identify damage in #NepalEarthquake on @tomnod. Amazing response. Join the effort! http://t.co/mzndr6gSZo
— Shay Har-Noy (@iheartcrowds) April 28, 2015

http://www.tomnod.com/campaign/nepal_earthquake_2015/map/3f6x2y34

2. Mapbox made available a recent data for Kathmandu valley. It has been updated to trace the damages through the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap team. To learn how you can help map Nepal after the earthquake, head over to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team wiki.

Now to the first point:
There are a lot of helping hands. Just be careful to which place your money is going. This is a hard fact.
If you would like to donate, here is a good list of agencies (go through the tabs):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18mYPr4zIl4zzUrKdrfe0hECRrWFumnke-dUWsxucZQw/htmlview?sle=true#
Facebook for example is matching donations to 2 millions.

Communication with family members: This is the biggest first wave that came in after the quake and aftershocks. Thankfully, the phone lines are working.
Skype, Viber T-mobile, ATT Verizon, etc have made it free to call from/to Nepal.
Google Voice has reduced it to 1 cent.

Good Luck!





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@setopati English edition in 2014 cc @nepalitimes

I was expecting/wishing for this! So, getting setopati english version is like a wish granted for me.
The height of the journos at setopati definitely deserves international coverage. At least south-east asia region.
All the best to the setopati english team!

Himal Media: there, now you have a formidable competitor.


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No, you didnot!

We, the Nepalese, are full of pride. Yes, we take pride in mountains that was "naturally" formed millions of years ago. We take pride in the place someone (respectable: do not take me wrong yet) was born few thousands of years ago. But we have never cared enough to preserve 'em.

Do not get me wrong. It is perfectly fine to take pride in what we have, or what our boundaries allow us to take pride in. I love this human nature, of being pride in what we have, and take the pride on it. But taking pride takes an interesting turn when it is poked. Specially by someone out of our kitchen. We are ready to become violent/protest if someone "outsider" mentions it in "wrong" way.

Without reference to any particular event, as there are many: rithikroshan/madhuri/buddhawasborninnepal/mounteverestinnepal etc etc, just wait for it!!
We are just trigger happy to burn tires on the road, and to smash somebody else's car.

We can close our Nepal, just to preserve its glory. Just wait for it!!
The real question should be "what is the solution?" to the existing problem. However, it is always someone else's fault.

Help Nepal Network #InternetVoting

Previous few weeks has seen flurry of requests to vote for Help Nepal Network (HeNN ).
Celebrities like HariBansaAcharya also requested for the vote, which helped spread the word.

Finally, HeNN got into second place and has been declared the winner of 100K.

From HeNN Facebook page:

Help Nepal Network supports education and healthcare projects in Nepal. We work in partnership with underprivileged communities to build and renovate schools, libraries and health centers, and provide humanitarian relief when needed. To achieve these goals, we promote practical philanthropy by encouraging individuals to contribute small amounts on a regular basis. Together with our partners and affiliates globally, we recently supported the construction of a hospital in Achham and a school in Dolakha. Please support us in our efforts to improve education and healthcare in Nepal.    

You can donate to the charity here
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SLC results published in #Nepal (download link)

Downloads:
Regular download link
Exampted download link here

Today the office of the controller of examination has published the result of School Leaving Certificate examination.
SLC is regarded as the Iron Gate in Nepal since it decides the fate of many students future carrer.
Initial toll shows that 47.16% regular students were able to pass the exam.
The result was supposed to be available online and via SMS. However, currently the site  http://slcresult.soce.gov.np/ is down because of sudden surge in the internet traffic.
This is frustrating to many people who are anxious about their results. It has been suggested numerous time that they shall distribute the results in different sites so that the news can be dispersed easily.

According to Nagariknews, 17,760 got distinction, 77,257 got first division, 93,830
second division, 8,791 in third division. There were 528,257 total students for this year.
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