Campaign

Nepal Flood Education Recovery Fund

Help students and schools recover from the recent floods and return to learning.

Support Education Recovery How we are responding

What happened

Flooding on 26 August 2026

On 26 August 2026, flooding moved down river valleys in central Nepal and reached communities in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading. It is reported to have started high in the mountains near the Nepal and Tibet border, where a mass of ice and rock gave way. The exact sequence is still being studied.

For schools, the damage was not only to buildings. Classrooms and their contents were flooded. Roads and bridges that students walk across were broken. Power was cut in places. The Government of Nepal closed schools and paused university examinations in the days that followed. Assessments of how many schools are affected, and how many students are out of class, are still being carried out, and published figures are changing as more areas become reachable.

Current figures are published by UN News, UNICEF Nepal, and ReliefWeb.

On the ground

What going back to school takes now

For a student in an affected community, going back to class is not one decision. It is a series of small things that all have to be in place on the same morning.

  • A classroom that is dry and safe enough to sit in
  • Books, a bag, and a uniform to replace what the water took
  • A road or footbridge that is passable on the way there
  • Fees and exam costs that a household with damaged land can still meet
  • Someone who notices when a student stops turning up

None of that is dramatic, and none of it makes the news. It is also the difference between a student missing a few weeks and a student not coming back at all. That last point matters most to us: when a school year breaks, the students who quietly drop out are usually the ones who were already closest to the edge.

Our response

How Aashirbad is responding

Aashirbad is not a disaster relief organization, and we are not going to present ourselves as one. Search and rescue, shelter, food, and medical care are being handled by agencies equipped for that work.

What we do know how to do is keep students in school. We are working through local schools and trusted community relationships to identify verified education-related needs caused by the floods. Our initial response will focus where we can responsibly verify those needs and deliver support, using the same headteacher verification we use for our regular programs.

Intended use

What donations may support

These are the kinds of needs we expect to see. Each one will be confirmed with a school before we act on it.

Books and school supplies

Replacing textbooks, notebooks, and basic supplies lost or damaged in the flooding.

School and examination costs

Helping students cover school or examination costs that flooding has put out of reach.

Temporary learning needs

Supporting learning arrangements where a school building is unusable or unsafe.

Shared equipment

Replacing damaged shared educational equipment, including computers where they were in use.

Resuming classes

Helping schools restart learning activities once buildings and access allow.

Getting to school

Transport or other education-related support where roads are damaged and the need is verified.

Coverage

Where we are starting

Our response will begin in communities where Aashirbad has trusted local relationships and can verify needs directly. Dhading, where our existing programs run, is among the districts the flooding reached.

As needs become clearer, support may extend to other flood-affected communities in Nepal where we can work responsibly through local partners. We are not currently operating across the whole flood-affected area, and we will say plainly on this page if that changes.

Accountability

We will report back.

When this response period closes, we will publish on this page:

  • the amount raised
  • the amount deployed
  • the communities or schools supported
  • the types of support provided
  • a campaign update covering what we did and what we learned

Aashirbad Foundation is a registered U.S. 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 93-4943678. Donations are tax-deductible under U.S. law. Our governance documents and annual reporting are on the Impact and Transparency page.

Donate

Support education recovery

Gifts to this campaign go to flood-related education recovery rather than to general operating support.

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Funds raised through this campaign will be used for verified flood-related education and recovery needs. If those needs are fully funded, remaining funds may be used for the Foundation's other education programs in Nepal.

Updates

Campaign updates

  1. August 2026

    Initial campaign launched.