Acupuncture Relief Project

27/08/2026

From Tsering Sangpo Sherpa, the Director of Good Health Nepal, our sister NGO:

"The past few days have been heavy for all of us. The floods sweeping through Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, and other parts of our country have taken lives, torn apart homes, and left so many families searching for their loved ones. We are heartbroken.

Since this began, so many of you friends from all over the world who have come to know us through SKA Adventures and Good Health Nepal have reached out just to ask if we’re okay, and to offer help. That kind of love, from people scattered across continents, has moved me more than words can say. Thank you.

Unlike 2015, we are not sending our own team to the field this time. We simply don’t have the resources for that right now, and we’ve made the decision to focus on what we do best keeping our community clinic in Bajrabarahi running for the people who depend on it.

Instead, we want to stand with the government’s rescue and relief effort directly. We’re asking you to contribute to the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund the official channel for rescue, treatment, relief, and rebuilding.

You can donate here:
🔗 https://pmdrf.nchl.com.np (card, mobile banking, connectIPS, wallets, AliPay+)
🔗 https://pmrelieffund.himalayanbank.com/ (for international payments)

There are also various ways to pay in Nepalese currency for friends within Nepal who want to support the cause. We’ve verified these links ourselves — please double-check before sending anything, as fraudulent accounts sadly do surface at times like this.

Any amount of help is appreciated, in whatever way you can give. We believe in every drop of generosity that can be poured.

The damage is enormous, and the road ahead is long. We’re deeply grateful to the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and every national and international agency already on the ground. Let’s keep showing up for each other. 🇳🇵❤️"

26/08/2026

02/01/2026

✨ Meet ARP Board Member and Treasurer: Sheri Barrows ✨

When Acupuncture Relief Project was still just an idea (before the legal paperwork, before the clinics, before the first volunteers arrived) there was Sheri Barrows.

A long-time friend of ARP Founder and President Andrew Schlabach, Sheri stepped in when the project needed infrastructure: bank accounts, bylaws, nonprofit registration, financial oversight, and systems to hold a growing vision. As she described in her blog, “My ‘type A’ brain was needed to manage the mounds of information we were accumulating… that’s where I came in.”

She had visited Nepal in 2004 and “had experienced first-hand how incredible the people were and how hard village life was. Andrew’s concept for the project had a good chance of making their lives better and that has proven to be true.”

As Secretary and Treasurer, her responsibilities are extensive. She does all the monthly bookkeeping, setups volunteers on our donation platform and tracks all fundraising, files the state required documents we need for 501(c)3 status, manages all receipts and credit card payments, annually renews our access to charity-related sites like Benevity and Fidelity, wires funds to Good Health Nepal every few months so they can pay staff salaries and the expenses related to having practitioners on site. “I’m pleased that I can bring my skills and expertise to the project so that I can serve the community too even though I am not a practitioner.”

In 2016, Sheri spent several months in Nepal, witnessing firsthand the clinical impact her behind-the-scenes work supports. “The most transformative for me has been all of the time I have been able to spend in Nepal. Especially witnessing the stroke patients as they progress through treatment! Absolutely Incredible!!”

In her blog she wrote, “It wasn’t until I actually witnessed the impact of treatment that I truly understood how important these clinics are.” And later: “It is that shift to hopeful that moves me so deeply.”

What she hopes for next is clear and aligned with ARP’s long-term goals: “I hope the next decade has even more Nepali practitioners choosing to work at the Bajra clinic and other clinics in Nepal and that GHN grows to be able to manage it without ARP.”
And with candid practicality, she adds: “I am 65 years old so in a decade that makes me 75 and I don’t know how much bookkeeping I’m going to want to be doing.”

We could not do this work without Sheri’s steadiness, clarity, and care. Her contribution is foundational. This is the quiet, behind-the-scenes work that makes every treatment in Nepal possible.

We are profoundly grateful for her.