THANK YOU SWITZERLAND: Nepal’s Friends Indeed (Satis Shroff) The Swiss people have donated 32 million Swiss Franks to the people of Nepal (and 26 million for refugees). The devastating tectonic earthquake in Nepal in 2015 which caused a lot of death and injuries, and ruined the livehood and lives of the Nepalese in the hills of Sindupalchowk, Gorkhas and Langtang areas have moved the Swiss people. (Gorner Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland) The Glückskette (Happiness Chain) which is a Swiss charity has helped to collec t donations. The Stiftung Glückskette has been able to gather 75 million Franks last year and has started 102 assistance-projects in 33 countries. Due to the earthquake, avalanches and landslides in Nepal, no climber was able to reach the top of Everest last year. But this climbing-season, some 300 climbers from different countries are huffing, puffing and snorting and waiting in long queues in their mountaineering gear to climb the highest mountain in
