Communitere’s Executive Director, Sam Bloch, was a featured speaker at TEDxPatan on June 19th, 2015. Held in Lalitpur, Nepal, this timely TEDx event brought people together to highlight the innovative thinking, ideas and solutions needed to help the people of…
On Thursday, June 18th, over 40 creative individuals from 25 innovative organizations participated in Nepal Communitere’s Design Session. Because we know that the clearest path to success lies in working collaboratively with the communities who will be using the Resource…
The Nepal Communitere team has been very busy in Kathmandu, meeting with existing, locally-based grassroots organizations to assess the needs of the communities that Nepal Communitere will be serving. Sam Bloch, our Executive Director, met with the U.S. Embassy Diplomacy…
04 Communitere’s Executive Director, Sam Bloch, arrived in Kathmandu the past Saturday and has been in a whirlwind of meetings with local and international organizations to discuss the current situation and get a realistic read on the needs of the…
While Communitere’s first responder, Paul Borrud, was in Nepal, he helped us assess the needs of the people who were affected by the recent earthquakes. The devastation is widespread: the current death toll has reached over 8,000, the number of…
Since the earthquake struck Nepal a week before, Communitere has been in continuous action on the ground and around the world. With the help of our volunteer and first responder, Paul Borrud, we are getting a clearer picture of the…
When I write about projects and people that I find interesting, I often wonder “Why the heck don’t more people know about these projects/people?” You can say that I see it as my duty to spread the word, to inform…
Typhoon Haiyan tore a path of destruction 100 miles wide through the Philippines last November, affecting 14 million people and displacing 5 million. Almost a year later, the people of the Philippines are still recovering from the massive disaster. Many…
Sitting on a wooden stool as his customers mill around clutching burgers and bottles of San Miguel beer, Jacques Palami talks enthusiastically about life in Tacloban a year after the central Philippines town was slammed by Typhoon Haiyan. Owner of…
When typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines last fall, Sandra Borgueta could do little but sit in front of her computer and watch. At school in Seoul, South Korea, Borgueta was well out of harm’s way, but her family was not.…
