In April 2015, Nepal was struck by a devastating earthquake. Over 60,000 people lost their lives and countless thousands were left homeless. Entire villages, schools, hospitals and infrastructure were destroyed.
This event was the catalyst for the founding of Earth C-Air by Dänel Brunner, Bruno Jelk and Gerold Biner.
The three Swiss nationals had already travelled to Nepal several times to train local pilots and flight assistants. This allowed them to build up a local network that would prove to be invaluable.
Over the years, the small organisation has had a considerable impact and achieved great things. In just ten years, it was able to build five school buildings and a hospital in addition to training mountain rescuers.
Ten years ago, Dänel Brunner, Bruno Jelk and Gerold Biner founded Earth C-Air with the aim of supporting the Gorkha District region after the global earthquake disaster with social and medical reconstruction, as well as training in mountain rescue by air and by land.
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