What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
- Henry David Thoreau
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Our local partners are raising funds for those injured and displaced by the recent disaster near Marrakech.
Idyll in the Highland Mountains
The below story is written by Dakota Arkin Cafourek.
Landslide in Nepal kills at least 20
Reports suggest heavy rain in Kaski and Myagdi district of western Nepal caused a landslide, killing 20 people and destroying more than a dozen houses.
Yoga helps kids recover from earthquake trauma in Nepal
An Indian yoga practitioner travels to Kathmandu and imparts the practice to earthquake-traumatized kids of a monastery, and discovers it helped them recover. .
Quake update: Rescue service on; many climbers still missing on Everest
While mountaineers are being airlifted, several are still missing on the world's tallest peak. Uncertainity over Everest climbing season continues on the south side, it is likely being called off on north (China) side. .
UPDATE: Death toll rises to 19; 61 injured and many missing on Everest as earthquake hits Nepal
Sources claim that an avalanche triggered by a deadly earthquake has killed at least 19 people at south side of Everest base camp, with 61 injured and several climbers missing.
