In the event of natural disasters such as floods, fires, mudslides or earthquakes, socially disadvantaged people in Kathmandu and remote regions are particularly dependent on the help of charities. With care and speed, DTCF supplies people with food, building materials or other relief supplies in order to improve the situation quickly and effectively.
Natural disasters have always been more frequent in Nepal than in other parts of the world, but climate change seems to be exacerbating this trend. Extremely heavy rains cause flooding in the valley and mudslides on the slopes, where the simplest shelters are usually built, where the poorest seek shelter from the elements.
In the Terai region, when rain floods destroyed the shelters of many families, DTCF helped by providing new roof tiles that cannot be soaked by the rain and allow families to stay dry.
In response to the Corona pandemic in 2020, DTCF began distributing food relief packages to families in Boudha, Kathmandu and neighboring districts, and Dolpo. Each package contains enough food to meet the needs of a household of four to five people for one month.
Because mudslides destroyed homes in Mugu, DTCF brought food packages and rain tarps to help people.
However, the vulnerability of the socially disadvantaged population remains, but DTCF will remain committed to helping those in need.
Help Flood-Affected Families in Nepal
One-Month Food Package: USD 47 / €40 per Family
On 26 August 2026, devastating flash floods struck Rasuwa District and other parts of Nepal—particularly communities along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers. By 29 August, 616 bodies had been recovered, while thousands of people were still missing. Among those who lost their lives are approximately 80 people personally known to our organization.This makes the tragedy particularly close to us. Many families have lost their homes, belongings, food supplies, livestock, and sources of income. Destroyed roads and infrastructure have also disrupted access to essential services and humanitarian assistance. Affected families are therefore in urgent need of food and other essential relief supplies.
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Intended use: Flood Relief Package 2026
The Dolpo Tulku Charitable Foundation (DTCF) is preparing to provide severely affected families with essential food supplies for approximately one month. Distribution will begin as soon as access to the affected communities is possible.
One-Month Food Package
Each family will receive:
- 25 kg rice
- 7 kg lentils
- 5 litres cooking oil
- 10 kg wheat flour
- 1 kg salt
- 3 kg sugar
- 500 g tea
Food and transportation per family: NPR 6,916 / approximately USD 47 / €40
The number of families supported will depend on the donations received, assessed needs, accessibility, and availability of supplies. If sufficient funds are raised, DTCF will also provide tarpaulins, blankets, hygiene products, clothing, and other essential items. DTCF will coordinate the assessment, procurement, transportation, and distribution with local authorities, community representatives, and volunteers. Priority will be given to particularly vulnerable households, including families with children, elderly people, and persons with disabilities. Drawing on our experience providing relief following the 2015 earthquake, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other emergencies, we know that families need continued support even after the initial emergency response ends.
Your Contribution Makes a Difference
- Support 1 family: USD 47 / €40
- Support 5 families: USD 235 / €200
- Support 10 families: USD 470 / €400
- Or contribute any amount of your choice
Every donation helps affected families meet their most urgent needs and begin rebuilding their lives.
Via PayPal or credit card/ direct debit
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or by bank transfer to:
Dolpo Tulku e. V.
Stadtsparkasse München
BIC: SSKMDEMMXXX
IBAN: DE05 7015 0000 1001 9955 29
Intended use: Flood Relief Package 2026
More Informationen: One Month for a Family (PDF)
Immediate assistance for flood-affected families
and a long-term commitment to children’s education
Relief at a Glance
108 households received essential household supplies
Around 50 children are expected to receive educational support More than 20 people contributed to the relief mission
On August 26, 2026, severe flooding affected communities along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river corridors in Nepal. Homes, roads, bridges, and other essential infrastructure were damaged or destroyed, leaving families without shelter, household essentials, or reliable access to services.
Persistent monsoon rains made access to the affected communi- ties difficult and dangerous. Dolpo Tulku Rinpoche travelled with the relief team to meet res- idents, understand their immedi- ate priorities, and help ensure that donated assistance reached families directly. The team’s decisions were guided by what local people said they needed most.
Relief Shaped by Community Needs
Before purchasing supplies, the team consulted local residents about their most urgent needs. Based on this input, 108 households received relief kits contain- ing:
- One 5-litre rice cooker
- Five plates, five mugs, and five soup bowls
- One water jug and spoons
- One knife and one pressure cooker
- One basket for storing drinking water
- One basin for washing clothes
- Blankets
During the distribution, one woman received her household supplies and responded with a faint smile despite the sorrow she was carrying.
The encounter deeply moved Rinpoche. He remained composed while other families waited, not wanting his emotion to add to their grief.
Before the team departed, he spoke with the assembled community, expressed gratitude that they had survived, and invited them to remember the donors who had made the assistance possible.
A Long-Term Commitment to Children’s Education
Before the relief team departed, DTCF had received reports that children in the affected region had lost their homes, family members, or access to education. This made longer-term educational support an essential part of the response.
Shree Bandevi Basic School is located in Wajar Yopini, Shankarpur, close to Rinpoche’s monastery. Dolpo Tulku Rinpoche met the school chairman and head teacher, together with the local community chairman, and proposed en- rolling affected children. DTCF committed to supporting their care and educa- tion, including clothing, food, and textbooks. The local representatives agreed to cooperate.
Local leaders accompanied Rinpoche to meet affected families in person. This allowed relatives and guardians to understand the proposed arrangements and meet the people responsible for the children’s care. Families subsequently agreed that their children could begin attending school in Kathmandu.
Around 50 children are expected to receive support through this initiative. DTCF is preparing a separate proposal setting out the children’s confirmed needs, the planned support, and the project’s ongoing costs.
More than 20 people took part in the relief mission, including local volunteers, international guests, organizers, and monastery staff. Their combined efforts made it possible to consult communities, prepare the requested supplies, and distribute assistance directly to families.
What Comes Next:
Relief for more than 600 families
The first relief mission addressed the most urgent needs of the affected households. But our support continues: during a second relief mission, DTCF will provide more than 600 families in the upper flood-affected region with enough food for one month.
At the same time, DTCF will continue working closely with the families, community representatives, and Shree Bandevi Basic School to assess the children’s needs and secure their long-term care and education.
All of this is possible only through the generosity of our donors and the dedicated efforts of local communities, volunteers, and monastery staff. Continued support will help us provide families with essential food supplies and give affected children access to food, clothing, textbooks, and education.
On their way back…
…Rinpoche and his companions stopped at a place by the river where many people had lost their lives.
There, they performed a Sur Puja for the deceased.
Here are some examples of projects:
Food assistance to families affected by ongoing Pandemic in Upper Dolpo
The consequences of the months-long lockdown in 2020 pose enormous challenges, especially for marginalized groups of Nepalese society (elderly people, people with disabilities and single parents, etc.). The loss of income sources and the elimination of trade opportunities due to border closures are leading to massive food shortages in high mountain regions such as the Dolpo.
At the request of the local government, Dolpo Tulku Charitable Foundation agreed to take responsibility for food distribution and implement the project with the help of various organizations such as Dolpo Tulku e.V., HUMAN Stiftung, Altitude Project, School Association Lo-Manthang, Chay Ya Nepal and Dolpo Mutual Aid. With the support of these organizations, the project was fully funded and benefited 755 families in three local rural districts of Upper Dolpo.
A total of 15,540 kg of rice was procured for 518 families and 6000 kg of flour for 200 families. Suppliers and muleteers packed each bag of rice and flour in waterproof envelopes before loading up to 60 kg of weight onto mules. A total of 359 mules were needed to transport all the supplies to 22 villages in the three communes of Upper Dolpo. Each trek takes at least 2-3 days each way.
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In this short video you can get an idea of the food assistance for the Upper Dolpo.
Many thanks on behalf of all cooperation partners and helpers for your support in these challenging times!
Total expenditure 2021: 28.500 € / 32.355 USD
Relief supplies for Nepal – delivery of 150,000 medical masks and 500 antigen rapid tests to protect the population
Aid alliance „You’ve got a friend“
Nepal was very badly affected by the pandemic in spring 2021 and the people are left to their own devices as the health systems are overrun with patients and cannot cope with the onslaught.
In difficult times you need friends and we, too, can only provide this humanitarian aid with the help of friends.
As an aid alliance “You’ve got a friend” we have transported together with Friendly Hunting, der Caritas Krankenhilfe Berlin, A Bleistift FOR EVERYONE, alpha trans and the association namasté-project e.V. 150.000 medical masks and 500 antigen rapid tests to Nepal to protect the population.
We hope this measure could make a small contribution to contain the spread of the coronavirus in Nepal, so that the hard lockdown could be loosened up and those who suffer most from the restrictions and their consequences can return to a regular life.
We would like to thank you in the name of all cooperation partners and helpers for your generous and quick support!!!
Ongoing Pandemic Food Support Program
1100 families received Relief Packages with supplies for one month
In response to the Corona pandemic in 2020 DTCF began the distribution of food rations for families. Each package of staple foods is calculated to last for one month for a household of four to five people. The distribution is extremely well prepared and organized according to health safety rules by DTCF and has been recognized as one of the best relief programs in Boudha. A total of 1.100 families have been supplied by the Food Support Program in 2020.
Total expenditures 2020: 33.000 € / 39.927 USD
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We would like to appreciate all the friends, disciples, donors and well-wishers of Dolpo Tulku Rinpoche who walked with us in this journey of service.
And also huge respect to team members for their courage and willingness to serve in the field.
Although the strict lockdown in Nepal was lifted from one day to the next on 22 July 2020, schools as well as other training facilities and many public institutions remain closed. Since tourism has completely ceased to exist and many of the daily wage earners depend on this industry, the situation will remain difficult for them.
It is questionable whether the tourism industry will be able to recover somewhat over the autumn, and economists believe that it will take at least 2-3 years for the economy to recover.
In addition, many Nepalis live off the support of their relatives who work abroad as guest workers. However, due to the global corona crisis, many of these contractual workers have lost their jobs and now return to Nepal as unemployed.
Due to all these factors, the situation of the poorest members of society in Nepal remains tense and many of the daily wage earners are dependent on further support.
Thank you to all the donors for your kindness and generosity!
Shelter for Flood victims in the Terai Region
Due to the unusually high rainfalls during the Monsoon season of 2020 devastating floods occurred in the Terai Region in Nepal. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic the DTCF initiated a relief program advising and helping organize the procurement of building materials to construct shelters and reconstruct homes.
Upon visiting the victim’s families and surveying and asking about their needs, the foundation reached out to support 45 needy families with locally made cement tiles for roofing the houses damaged by floods and storms during the monsoon season as per the suggestion and preference of the families. And the relief recipient families have agreed to contribute from their side in the construction and gathering of required materials to build the structure.
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The recipients of this little contribution express that they are pleased to have a better roof to live under after all those days and nights with a leaky and open ceiling.
Total expenditures 2020 (including admin. costs): 4.100 € / 5.000 USD
Fire in the Kimri Village / Mugu District
Early May 2018 a devastating fire burnt down the homes of 18 families in the Kimri Village, near Dolpo. Within a few minutes the lives of the affected were obliterated. Behause of the remoteness of the village it is impossible to transport emergency goods there by car or truck. Therefore Dolpo Tulku Rinpoche decided when he was asked for help, to provide each Family with 500 USD, so they could buy whatever they needed most and could access easily. This includes plastic tarps, food items and wood.
Estimated costs: 8.100 Euro / 9.000 USD
THE DTCF OFFERS IMMEDIATE HELP TO 18 HOUSEHOLDS IN KIMRI WHOSE HOUSES WERE ENGULFED BY FIRE
In May 2018, a devastating fire burnt down the homes of 18 families in the Kimri village, Mugu district and many lives and other properties were affected. Mugu is the neighboring district to Dolpo and due to the remoteness of the village, and lack of roads, it is impossible to transport emergency goods there by vehicle. The DTCF immediately provided NRs. 200,000 /1.400€, one Lakh (700€) was kindly offered by Upaya Zen Centre as emergency aid to the victims, so they could quickly buy essential items, such as plastics tarpaulin, cooking items, food and wood.
Erthquake 2015 in Nepal
Following the devastating earthquake on 25. April in Nepal, the Dolpo Tulku Charitable Foundation (DTCF) collected donations to immediately help the affected population all over Nepal, who could not be reached by big organizations. The DTCF uses all the money depending on the neediness of the people, determined by the staff of the DTCF, independently from caste or religious background.
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How you can support our charity projects in “Immediate relief”
In order to be able to act quickly and effectively in the event of natural disasters, donations are collected via the keyword “Immediate relief”, which are used for food packages, building materials or other relief supplies. The aid always goes directly to the people affected! Take part in this humanitarian relief action with your donation. You can support the “Immediate relief” with a one-time donation or a regular donation!
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