NJSI has opted to help the Nepal Government in building shelters for about 100 families in Gyalthum. Gyalthum is an area including 4 or 5 village clusters in the ward no. 1 of Mahankal VDC in Sindhupalchowk district. NJSI has been at the village to do the final verification of the enrolled earthquake damaged families and to create the data base which will be given to the bank for depositing the cash in the beneficiaries account. About 70% of the beneficiaries are verified and are in the final list of NJSI-supported shelter project in Gyalthum. The ward has 240 families affected by earthquake.
