1. & THE CHEPANG PEOPLE

2. The Chepang people are the original inhabitants of Nepal’s Middle Hills.

3. They have played virtually no part in Nepal’s development and are thus chronically poor and backward.

4. The two earthquakes of April & May 2015 impacted on other communities differently from The Chepang....

5. ... who are so under- resourced that they simply don’t even have the stone structures that elsewhere now require the quake-proof rebuild.

6. ... Instead, for The Chepang, shacks of wood, adobe and thatch are the norm - and even caves still suffice. ( if suffice is even the word!)

7. In part, for The Chepang people, the harsh earthquake aftermath reality is due to the shift of post-quake priorities and funding by government and institutions.

8. The particularly severe winter conditions with freezing temperatures from December (2015) have meant that – THE NEED OF THE HOUR IS BLANKETS

9. Blankets that in effect become quilts ergo

10. Quake-Quilts are a uniform size and weight (90 inches X 72 inches and weighing 4.5 kgs)

11. Preparing for departure from Himalayan Encounters Pokhara

12. Into the hills

13. One for the album

20. Some people walked up to 4 hours to this distribution point

21. Adelaide's very own Tessa Langhans

22. THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your very generous support in an acute hour of need

23. CONCLUSION: Quake-Quilts distribution to The Chepang has been carefully organized and recorded. Local leaders confirm that ALL Chepang of the district have now received – at the very least – one quilt per family.

24. Winter conditions in Nepal will persist well into February (2016). So will Quake-Quilts production and distribution. The Quake-Quilts initiative will thus reach other stricken communities and needful families.