Report from Nepal

 The following is a brief report, from Sister Anna Lepcha,

Provincial of North East India & Nepal:

There are 6 communities and 18 Cluny Sisters in Nepal.  While there has been extensive loss of life and extensive damage, all the Cluny Sisters are safe.

 
The first and oldest community established was DAMAK in East Nepal in the early 1980s. This community sustained damage to a boundary wall.
 
Our school for the very poor is in GODAVARI in Kathmandu, Nepal. The four sisters there are involved in education and pastoral work.  Also in Kathmandu, Nepal the community of 3 sisters in DHOBIGHAT are in a diocesan school and do pastoral works as well.  There is significant damage to the interior of the building.
 
Near the China Border in the East Nepal there are two communities, OKHREY and HETAUDA with 3 sisters in each involved in Healthcare and the beginnings of education.
      
Basically the works the sisters are involved in throughout Nepal are: Pastoral Works, Education in SJC Schools, Diocesan and Montessori Schools, and Healthcare. 

Right now there is a lot of fear and concern about another significant earthquake and aftershocks continue in the area.  They will have to do some repairs after examining the structures that have cracks in the floor and walls of some of the convents.

Sisters and people are sleeping outside their buildings.  Their ministries will continue and are only temporarily affected.