Tag: nepal

President’s New Year’s message: Show love and be an agent of change in 2017

President’s New Year’s message: Show love and be an agent of change in 2017

Another year is moving into the history books, and what a year it has been!  It seems as though we had an extra dose of challenges to deal with over the past 12 months and the news was full of tragedy and sadness.  But we survived!  And in the midst of all the heartache and […]

Vote in the Fuller Center Global Builders’ annual photo contest

Vote in the Fuller Center Global Builders’ annual photo contest

Photos from Nepal, Haiti, Nicaragua, Thailand and Peru are among the 17 finalists in the Fuller Center Global Builders’ annual photo contest, and contest organizers would like your help in selecting the winner. The final two will be revealed on Friday, December 16 for the deciding round of voting. Click here to see the finalists […]

PHOTO GALLERY: The first 25 post-earthquake Fuller Center homes in Nepal

PHOTO GALLERY: The first 25 post-earthquake Fuller Center homes in Nepal

Fuller Center for Housing Director of International Field Operations Ryan Iafigliola and Zach Wolgemuth, an executive with the United Church of Christ Disaster Ministries, had the opportunity to visit Nepal last week to check on the progress of The Fuller Center’s work since the devastating earthquake of April 2015. These first 25 homes are part […]

One year after massive quake, Fuller Center’s work in Nepal continues

One year after massive quake, Fuller Center’s work in Nepal continues

It was one year ago today that a massive earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter scale rocked the mountainous country of Nepal, killing more than 8,000 people and injuring another 21,000. It also damaged or destroyed more than 800,000 homes. The village of Trishuli, about 30 miles from the quake’s epicenter, was as hard-hit as […]

United Church of Christ gives huge boost to Nepal recovery effort

The United Church of Christ has launched an effort to build 50 safe, permanent homes in the earthquake-ravaged country of Nepal and will be doing so with a familiar partner, The Fuller Center for Housing. The Christian denomination and the Christian housing ministry worked well together in building permanent homes as part of the long-term […]