DUNSBOROUGH resident Kieren McCabe is living his childhood dream of helping those in need in Nepal.
Mr McCabe has always wanted to visit Nepal because of its mountains as well help provide education opportunities by building schools.
He arrived in the country three weeks ago and has been volunteering with the Kathmandu Earthquake Volunteers group.
He said he felt like he dodged a bullet because he had originally planned to visit the country three days before the first earthquake hit but was forced to change his ticket because of work.
The April 25 earthquake was a 7.5 magnitude and killed more than 8,000 and injured more than 20,000 people.
Since arriving in Nepal Mr McCabe has been on three missions to help build temporary shelters for earthquake victims.
“We just got back from a village called Tholoshybru in the Langtang Valley where we built two temporary shelters for their destroyed school,” he said.
“The children lined the path to sing us a farewell as we left, not a dry eye in the team, truly moving.”
He said the next few months would be an uphill battle as the monsoon season kicks in and many of the volunteers were leaving.
“Our little team of now only two will go and give a village of 300 people proper sanitation,” he said.
Mr McCabe said he would stay in Nepal for as long as he could.
