tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78496112036455700212024-03-12T16:52:41.276-07:00The Kaule PrototypeA traditional approach to re-construction for the Villages of Kaule and Bhangeri in Nuwakot District of NepalAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221559410492180187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849611203645570021.post-34193401509585729572015-10-08T04:11:00.001-07:002015-10-08T05:31:56.160-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><u>Traditional construction in Bhangeri village, Nuwakot</u></b></span></span></td></tr>
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pictorial report on a survey conducted for the villages of Kaule and
Bhangeri in Sundara Devi VDC, Nuwakot District, from Sept 28 - Oct 2
2015, prior to Prototype Construction Training Workshop scheduled for
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Till Now... </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Recce visit by Sujoy Das and Sharan Lal</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">April - May 2015</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Sujoy Das</b> was still trying to get his trekking team back to Kathmandu through the rubble and chaos that followed the shake, w</span></span>hen I offered to help find a design solution with a traditional approach to reconstruction. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In
May 2015 Sujoy and I visited Kaule and Bhangeri - villages in Nuwakot
District and home to our friends, porters and guides - led by the
indomitable <b>Santaman Tamang</b>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In this trip, corrugated Zinc Sheets donated by </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the trekking community from <b>South Col Expeditions</b> </span></span>were distributed among the villagers. These would provide temporary shelter to the villagers and see them through the monsoon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A report filed by Sujoy on the May 2015 recce visit can be found here: <a href="http://sujoyrdas.blogspot.in/2015/05/nepal-earthquake-support-report-on.html">http://sujoyrdas.blogspot.in/2015/05/nepal-earthquake-support-report-on.html</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and another one here: <a href="http://sujoyrdas.blogspot.in/2015/06/nepal-earthquake-rebuilding-villages.html">http://sujoyrdas.blogspot.in/2015/06/nepal-earthquake-rebuilding-villages.html</a></span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Design of a House</span></b></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">June 2015</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On
our return, I worked on a design that would seek to resist the
inevitable invasion of inappropriate construction materials, methods and
technologies that usually rush in after a disaster, trampling in the
process invaluable vernacular traditions and community wisdom that take
generations to acquire, nurture, and preserve. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The draft concept design (video) developed after the May 2015 recce can be seen here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggYpcH0APXk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggYpcH0APXk</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">July 2015</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On receiving reasonable (moral) support for the design, I proposed to Sujoy that we:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>a.</b> <b>build a prototype</b>
for a house in Kaule that caters to requirements of a seismically
secure structure, an is built using traditional building techniques, </span></span></div>
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for the villages' masons, carpenters, and other artisans to empower
them with necessary skills for making seismically secure structures
using techniques and materials that are available locally - stone, wood,
bamboo, mud, and thatch.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Wanting
to use our pre-training recce as an opportunity to map the villages of
Kaule and Bhangeri in order to prepare a detailed re-habilitation
proposal for each of the 200 affected households later, I put together a
team of professionals with help from <b>Vivek Rawal </b>of 'People In Centre', Ahmedabad.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since funds were not available for the survey, a generous grant for the detailed survey trip was put together by <b>Ajmal Shoban</b>
from Virginia, U.S.A, who was on his way to Kathmandu for a trek to Nar
and Phu valleys with Sujoy. With the promise of a ticket, a toilet, and
a tent, the team of professionals took off for Kathmandu on the 26th
and then to Kaule on the 26th of October. In the backdrop, the
uncertainty of getting fuel for the return journey grew - but that was
to be tackled later...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Kaule and Bhangeri Village Survey </span></b></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sept 26 - Oct 5, 2015</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A
detailed architectural and anthropological survey was conducted for
roughly 200 affected houses and households in the villages of Kaule and
Bhangeri.</span></span><br />
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effort was assisted by two freshly graduated architects from Mysore -
Aditya and Siddharth, who offered their services free os charge - Thanks
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Santaman
Tamang of the village hosted the entire team in his house for the 4 day
duration at his own cost with an extremely high order of hospitality.
Thank you Santaman.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Kathmandu</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On the road from Kathmandu to Kaule</span></span></h4>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The better - a local school on the way to Kaule constructed in Bamboo </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q4F0mLBgRK0/VhSsFG-_12I/AAAAAAAABw4/NUi9zb3xmXg/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="461" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q4F0mLBgRK0/VhSsFG-_12I/AAAAAAAABw4/NUi9zb3xmXg/s640/013.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Though the detailing was hurried and temporary - it is a brave effort with an eye for detai </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lux5_N8nKLM/VhSsF5bZx7I/AAAAAAAABxA/TEt679WAw04/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lux5_N8nKLM/VhSsF5bZx7I/AAAAAAAABxA/TEt679WAw04/s640/015.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Another attempt at using bamboo - also for temporary shelters though</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Cwg30CGcl4/VhSsHOXpneI/AAAAAAAABxM/rCLAsf3_O9E/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="490" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Cwg30CGcl4/VhSsHOXpneI/AAAAAAAABxM/rCLAsf3_O9E/s640/016.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Much better detailing than the last one - but still temporary in nature </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zT0X-y3gZLg/VhSsIK7Rc5I/AAAAAAAABxU/BSQCuzrPvO8/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="408" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zT0X-y3gZLg/VhSsIK7Rc5I/AAAAAAAABxU/BSQCuzrPvO8/s640/017.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The wire in the joints are starting to rust - and weaken as a result over time </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Guru
Ji (our driver) at the wheel starts his land Cruiser up the kutchcha
road fom Satbise to Santaman's house just below Kaule. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ9H2kQr164&feature=em-upload_owner"></a></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Santaman
informs us that he has managed to put this road in 'Priority 1' list in
the Ministry of urban Development and that it should be a smooth
motorable surface in a couple of years' time. Best of Luck and God
Speed. For those who wish to experience how this ride would actually
feel try this link here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ9H2kQr164&feature=em-upload_owner">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ9H2kQr164&feature=em-upload_owner</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="font-size: large;">Santaman's House, Kaule</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Sept 28th</span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The 'aangan' outside Santaman's house in Kaule - in a rare early morning moment when he kids were found sitting</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Santaman's
sister-in-law, his younger brother (Chitra) - a teacher, and the super
host Santaman supervising our dinner after a course of Raksi </span></span><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raksi"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr></wbr>Raksi</span></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The 'aangan' outside Santaman's house after Raksi</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Santaman's family - those who were present while we were there. Their mother is in Kathmandu undergoing chemotherapy</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Materials and moods </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sept 29th, 30th, Nov 1</span></span></span></span> </h4>
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<tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gM_HCH9c0cg/VhSsS-nk2DI/AAAAAAAAByM/XlgmlhdP2UE/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="433" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gM_HCH9c0cg/VhSsS-nk2DI/AAAAAAAAByM/XlgmlhdP2UE/s640/022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
houses are pretty much the same as we left them in May 2015 - except
more permanently temporary. The wait continues. The temporary shelters
are using the Zinc sheets supplied earlier without nails so they can be
used for permamanent houses later </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Wife, Husband, Father, House?</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">New stone work constructed during the last two months</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Local stone wall under construction</span></span></div>
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<tr><td><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1FWgoZVKfRI/VhSsZS9DMtI/AAAAAAAABy0/PSo1gMCOiGk/s1600/026a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1FWgoZVKfRI/VhSsZS9DMtI/AAAAAAAABy0/PSo1gMCOiGk/s640/026a.JPG" width="414" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A carved Door jamb detail </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">from Kaule </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HupbZXTGGRY/VhSsekBGsnI/AAAAAAAABzM/K2c87L8s4YU/s1600/026e.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HupbZXTGGRY/VhSsekBGsnI/AAAAAAAABzM/K2c87L8s4YU/s640/026e.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">....mud plaster work...</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w5qCVyEZKGU/VhSsbfbG4ZI/AAAAAAAABy8/zTayAECO7w8/s1600/026f.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w5qCVyEZKGU/VhSsbfbG4ZI/AAAAAAAABy8/zTayAECO7w8/s640/026f.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">.... bamboo work...</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aMcQi_npB9Y/VhSsdYWwsII/AAAAAAAABzE/1wU68sB7Edg/s1600/026g.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="472" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aMcQi_npB9Y/VhSsdYWwsII/AAAAAAAABzE/1wU68sB7Edg/s640/026g.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">....creating a combination of spaces with mood lighting...</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rxZcf_3ZCy8/VhSsfN5LV7I/AAAAAAAABzU/9C-E-D9x_8o/s1600/026h.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="434" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rxZcf_3ZCy8/VhSsfN5LV7I/AAAAAAAABzU/9C-E-D9x_8o/s640/026h.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">....creating a riot...</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YCXp0RGnCRc/VhSsgPIW99I/AAAAAAAABzY/nsO4pFTg30g/s1600/026j.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="355" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YCXp0RGnCRc/VhSsgPIW99I/AAAAAAAABzY/nsO4pFTg30g/s640/026j.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">....and magic of informal proportions...</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6EIjuuIiNAc/VhSsiLVd2JI/AAAAAAAABzk/QA7Uq3qKpA0/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6EIjuuIiNAc/VhSsiLVd2JI/AAAAAAAABzk/QA7Uq3qKpA0/s640/027.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some of the houses seem to have withstood the shocks from some angles...</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">....though not really from inside... - constructed just three years ago</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Photographic Documentation </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Archana Hande</span></span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">200 households in Kaule and Bhangeri</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Siddharth Arya</span></span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Architectural Documentation </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aditya Rao</span></span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">GPS survey and Solar Power Assessment</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pradeep Humagain (Gham power, Kathmandu)</span></span></span></span></h4>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A big thank you to <b>Pradeep</b> from Gham Power for accompanying us to Kaule - it would have been twice as difficult and time consuming without you. Also to <b>Kishore, General Manager, Gham Power</b>, Kathmandu, who has offered to donate a 40W Solar powered lighting and mobile charging unit for the prototype.</span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"> </span></span></b></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">during the survey we mapped roughly 200 houses with their plinth sizes, orientation, Northings, Eastings and Altitude</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and recorded Anthropological Data for them </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">95% of the original house plinths in both Kaule and Bhangeri were covered</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">....Including one in which seven people were killed - the plinth is covered with flowers now...</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Generator, Observer and the Destroyer was also one of the Destroyed</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We
found a lot of bamboo in Kaule and Bhangeri itself - demolishing the
myth that Bamboo only grows in Terai (the area between the foothills and
the plains of India). With a little bit of an all-round effort - a
social forestry scheme can produce all the bamboo ever needed for entire
villages - as the plant replenishes every three years into a fresh
source of supply</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Santaman
and I also identified a hillside above and between Kaule and Bhangeri
that could be used for the purpose of growing bamboo under a Community
Forestry schemes supported by the Ministry of Forests and Soil
Conservation, Department of Forests, Government of Nepal. Webpage: <a href="http://dof.gov.np/dof_community_forest_division/community_forestry_dof">http://dof.gov.np/dof_community_forest_division/community_forestry_dof</a></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
new site for the prototype was also identified on this trip - selected
from among three options identified by Santaman. The site of an old
school building that was destroyed in the earthquake was chosen because
of its proximity to the flat ground that is needed for the 30 feet long
pit required for treating bamboo, for drying them, and for conducting
the Skills Development Workshop</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
site is also close to the new school (still under construction but in
use) and the project will offer school children an opportunity to be a
part of the process at an early age </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The prototype site seen from below</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The site also offers itself as a suitable location for primary <b>First Aid Post</b> for the villages of Kaule and Bhangeri </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Abhishek, Soham, and Vikram - ones who will hopefully gain from this project when they grow up </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">While
we were measuring the site we were wondering what use could the
prototype be put to later. Almost as if decreed by providence, a patient
under an asthama attack had to be rushed down the hill on a temporary
stretcher made of bamboo shouldered by four young men. The foot journey
takes close to two hours to reach the nearest post where the patient
gets some First Aid, before being shifted to a hospital. <i><b>The
prototype presents itself as an ideal candidate to be used a FIRST AID
POST - maintained and serving as a school medical facility and
accessible to the village at large.</b></i> Here is a video of the of the foot journey the asthma patient had to undertake: <a href="https://youtu.be/MO9XbjFGT0Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO9XbjFGT0Y&feature=youtu.be</a></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">That night the moon descended on Santaman's terrace with a paintbrush in her hands...</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And
painted in Satbise, the one-horse town below the Kaule hill, with an
earthy brown palette, breakfast for the morning after...</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">....Many
breakfasts, actually. While Guru Ji and Santaman begged fuel from
passing vehicles for us to make it back to Kathmandu - they managed 5
litres at a time at premium rates due to the agitation in the Terai -
and we were off by 11 am after a couple of beers and a few breakfasts!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dinner
to die for at Decheling in Kathmandu where we met Saibal Ghosh - the
Country Manager for Berger Paints who used his experience in Nepal to
get us 200 kilos of Boric Acid and 300 Kgs of Borax required for the
treatment of Bamboos for the prototype. All this when there was an
agitation brewing in the Terai. Without his help, the training of
villagers in treatment of bamboo for the prototype <i><b>as per schedule</b></i> would not have been possible. Thank you Saibal, and Srijit Dasgupta from Calcutta for lining this up.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">...and roast chicken with Khukhuri rum for dinner at Yak restaurant in Thame<u>l</u></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sumptuous Nirvana Garden breakfast before catching a taxi to the airport</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Oct 26 - Nov 2, 2015</span></b> </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A
Skills Training Workshop has been scheduled for the residents of Kaule
and Bhangeri from Oct 26 - Nov 2 (subject to availability of funds). The
workshop aims to transfer knowledge and skills to 15-20 locals from
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1. Bamboo chemical treatment and preservation (using Borax and Boric acid)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3. Bamboo to bamboo jointing </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4. Bamboo to timber joints </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">5. Bamboo as a reinforcing material for stone masonry </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">6. Bamboo cultivation and community forestry</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7. Seismic considerations for stone masonry</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">8. Mud mortar preparation</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">9. Mud plaster preparation and application</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">10. Wood working and seismic considerations</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">11. Mini solar lighting system installation and maintenance</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">12. Solar water heating mechanisms Installation </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and maintenance</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">13. Art and craft Workshop</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">among others. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Kaule Prototype Team</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sharan Lal<span style="font-size: x-small;">, Kolkata, India</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Team leader</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Santaman Tamang, <span style="font-size: x-small;">Kaule, Nepal</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Village Representative and Local Support</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ajmal Shoban, <span style="font-size: x-small;">Virginia, U.S.A.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Donor Representative</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Archana Hande, <span style="font-size: x-small;">Mumbai, India</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photographic documentation </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Administration and Accounts</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pradeep Humagain, <span style="font-size: x-small;">Kathmandu Nepal</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Renewable Energy Consultant and GPS Survey</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(Courtesy Gham Power, Nepal)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Aditya Rao, <span style="font-size: x-small;">Mysore, india</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Siddharth Arya, <span style="font-size: x-small;">Mysore, india</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Areen Attari, <span style="font-size: x-small;">Mumbai, India</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Training and Workshop resource person</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sujoy Das,<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Kolkata, India</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Group mentor</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Vivek Rawal, <span style="font-size: x-small;">Ahmedabad, india</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Technical Mentor and resource person</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Saibal Ghosh,</span> Berger Kathmandu, Nepal</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Procurement Assistance </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sanjay, Ram, Maan Bahadur, and Others</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Kaule and Bhangeri Village</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mahender Upadhyay (Guru Ji),<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Kathmandu, Nepal</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Driver </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Santaman's Sister-in-laws,<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Kaule, nepal</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Culinary Experts</span></span></div>
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