Rajdhani Mandir, located in Northern Virginia acted promptly after the EQ news and its congregation donated wholeheartedly including Mandir organizing several EQ Victims Relief Fundraisers in Mandir and outside. Mandir was looking to pick appropriate organization in Nepal, India and/or local to disburse the funds. Although without much history, Mandir reluctantly sponsored 30 houses through MRN. However, Mandir management became pleasantly surprised when MRN provided such detailed proof of how the funds were used including the material cost up to a single nail/brick, names, records and pictures of the recipients of Mandir sponsored houses and audit trails showing that MRN is truly a zero overhead NGO. Mandir decided to sponsor another enhanced design 12 houses with shade for the livestock. It has been a pleasure to working with and support such dedicated volunteers and their NGO, the MRN.

I had the privilege of working with Mission Rebuild Nepal in September and October 2015.  During that time, the residents of Sipapokhare welcomed me into their lives, not just to work side by side with them in rebuilding their homes, but to immerse myself in their community.  The work that MRN is doing has been critical in rebuilding these communities and helping them to move forward from the damage of the past year. Though I joined MRN as a volunteer to lend a hand to the villagers, I left having received far more from them.