COVID-19 FUND announcement

Dear Community Members;
Nepali Association of Oregon (NAO) is pleased to announce to you that we have received a COVID -19 Impacted Grant of $10,000.00 from Oregon Community Foundation (OCF). The objective of this grant is to support the community members in Oregon who are impacted from COVID-19 and going through some financial hardship.
Therefore, if any one of you or anyone you know who are going through the COVID-19 crisis and looking for support, please kindly let us know and we will help the most we can. NAO will collect all the requests and decide the fund allocation based on need and the amount available. Just to remind you that this support will not be limited to Nepali community only but any other community members who reside in Oregon can request.
Please be ready to present the following information before NAO can proceed with the request from impacted families:
1. Proof of COVID test 2. Proof of job loss or  furlough for short or long period or business income loss due to Pandemic3. Loss of working hours due to Pandemic or Quarantine
The focus of NAO will be to pay the overdue utilities bills for impacted families for a couple of months .Please contact us using direct phone, email or text to any of our NAO executive members:
http://nepaloregon.org/about-us/executive-committee/

The deadline for request is: Monday Feb 15, 2021
The contact information for the NAO President and Secretary are provided below for your convenience.
Thanks a lot

Daya Shakya
President, NAOEmail: drasha@aol.comPh: 503-890-9722
Trilochan PaudelSecretary, NAOtrilochan.paudel@gmail.comPh: 503-209-3647