The Foundation is dependent on unrestricted gifts, not oniv to send overseas, but to continue the ministy of mission interpretation to Presbyterian congregations and to collect and ship medical supplies and equipment. In other words, out of every restricted dollar, five cents will be used for mission interpretation and administration. Suzanne will help husbands or wives of mission personnel coming to Nepal without a specific assignment, find a niche. We interviewed them near the end of their furlough in North Carolina. In rural Nepal there is no electricity, no vehicles or roads.
Needs are very basic.
In the city housing is very expensive, so people coming in from rural areas often squash sometimes 10 people into a little room with no toilet facilities. Their needs are almost as basic as in the country. But in the city there are no fields, no extended family, so they are almost worse off than in the hills. The buildings are ancient, like Medieval Europe. Water is getting very scarce.