Nepal Communitere is thrilled to announce the donation of twelve, 20 foot shipping containers. This gives us the unique opportunity to build the Nepal Communitere Resource Center and Innovation Hub in the heart of Kathmandu using Cargotecture Technology, a building system using recycled ISO shipping…
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…
Communitere is currently working to assess the needs of the people of Nepal who were affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred on April 25th. The current death toll has reached 2,400 people in Nepal; neighboring countries have also…
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…
Final Notes: Communitere’s Typhoon Ruby Response Philippines Communitere has just wrapped up its humanitarian response in Eastern Samar, the area worst hit by typhoon Ruby (internationally known as “Hagupit”). The storm ravaged the Philippines at the end of 2014 causing…
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…
