The Karnali River, which springs out from the Himalayas, had burst through a dam and flooded the villages of Rajapur, Tedia, Chedia and Manau, located along on its banks in Bardiya district. Bardiya district lies in the mid-western part of Nepal and is not easily accessible. The flooding took place a day after the national festival of Teej (festival for women), and over 2,200 people were affected by the flood, although there fortunately was no human loss.

On Sept. 21, 2006, a team of initiates left for Rajapur to provide help to the flood victims. Local brothers and sisters helped the team prepare the Supreme Master Ching Hai banner and working team relief jackets. The Kathmandu Center had collected six big bags full of clothes from initiates and neighborhoods. The Center was also able to provide a small amount of money to help the flood victims.

Despite a stopping of transportation on the road in the Banke district, initiates were able to get to Rajapur on September 22. Local people helped the relief team carry the clothes towards the poor Sukumbashi community living in Rajapur Ward No. 1. Here, most people lived in very small straw-roofed cottages built of mud. They had saved themselves during the flood by fleeing to a nearby school building along with their children. The relief team gathered together all the people of the area and distributed the clothes that had been carried all the way from Kathmandu. They also gave the people a re-hydrating solution, Nava Jeevan, along with biscuits and Nepali-language Alternate Living flyers. The people looked very happy after receiving the clothes and other aid from the relief team.

The next morning, on Sept. 23, two local people helped initiates distribute clothes to the Sukumbashi community in the neighboring Chedia village. The team brought biscuits, chocolates and Alternative Living flyers to share with them, and also distributed clothing. The people of Chedia, who were living under very poor conditions, expressed their happiness in receiving these gifts of Master’s love.

The team then distributed the remaining clothes to a Muslim community near the Rajapur Masjid whose people were living under similarly poor conditions. These people also received the biscuits, chocolates and Nepali-language Alternate Living flyers with love and pleasure.

With Master’s blessing, the relief team was able to bring love and help to the Nepalese people, even with a limited number of relief materials. Initiates felt grateful for the opportunity to be Master’s extended hands in sharing hope and the message of Ahimsa into this remote region of Nepal.

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