08/30/2026
Our hearts are with Nepal. 🇳🇵
As the country responds to the devastating floods and landslides, our thoughts are with everyone affected and with the first responders, government agencies, humanitarian organizations, and local communities working through this emergency.
We are in close contact with our team on the ground and receiving regular updates. We are grateful to report that all Building Education schools and the communities we currently serve are safe and have not sustained damage.
We recognize that many communities across Nepal have not been as fortunate.
Disaster response and rebuilding happen in stages:
1. Rescue & Immediate Relief
Search and rescue, emergency shelter, food, clean water, medical care, and protection.
2. Recovery & Assessment
Assessing damage and needs, restoring essential services and access, and helping communities stabilize.
3. Reconstruction & Resilience
Rebuilding schools, water systems, energy, roads, and essential community infrastructure with the goal of rebuilding safer and stronger.
Building Education’s work has always lived primarily in the reconstruction stage.
Our work in Nepal began following the 2015 earthquake, when we became involved in rebuilding schools and communities. That reconstruction work ultimately became the foundation of Building Education.
For nearly a decade since, we have worked alongside rural communities to build and rebuild schools and the essential infrastructure surrounding them including water, energy, roads, and livelihoods.
Right now, the priority is immediate humanitarian response. We defer to the first responders, government authorities, and specialized organizations leading those efforts.
As Nepal moves into recovery and reconstruction, Building Education intends to join the rebuilding efforts where our experience and resources can have the greatest impact.
We began our work in Nepal during reconstruction after the 2015 earthquake.
We will be there for the rebuild again. 🇳🇵
Relief saves lives.
Recovery restores communities.
Reconstruction builds the future.