Twenty beds, and a room that stays warm
The girls’ dormitory was finished in February 2026. Twenty girls who live too far to walk now sleep at the school, at no cost to their families.
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What the teams find when they arrive, what gets built while they are there, and what the village sends back through the year.
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A flood update from Western Colorado Friends of the Himalayas
Kelvin Kent's update on the August 26 flood, from Western Colorado Friends of the Himalayas.
Twenty beds, and a room that stays warm
Six months from cleared ground to a finished dormitory, told through the photographs sent back from the village.
A concert benefiting the children of Chyangba Village
An evening of music in Colorado that funded a year of the school's operating costs.
The 2024 trek to Chyangba and Pikey Peak
A team walked back into the village to see the school and the hostel in use.
Flying into Chyangba
The helicopter route into the village, and what the team carried in with them.
Uniform day in Chyangba
Nepali law requires a school uniform, and families often cannot afford one. So the trekkers buy them.
Down jackets for every child in the village
The 2016 team carried in a jacket for every child, and handed them out on the day the school reopened.
The school that was built to take the next earthquake
Inaugurated on 18 October 2016, and still the only earthquake resistant school in the region.
The library goes in
Shelving and seating built by hand, and the books finally on the shelves.
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