Women in a sunlit room in Nepal dancing with their arms raised

नेपालको लागि नृत्य

Dance for Nepal

An evening of dance and sound healing, from Los Angeles to Nepal, to rebuild homes for families who lost theirs in the 2026 flash floods.

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When

Friday, January 22, 2027

Where

Rotunda Room, Veterans Memorial Building, Culver City
and live on Zoom

Same moment, two places

7–9 PMFriday, Pacific Time

8:45–10:45 AMSaturday, Kathmandu time

Or join on Zoom from anywhere in the world.

Benefiting

MicroAid InternationalRebuilding permanent homes for disaster survivors after the world’s attention has moved on.microaidinternational.org

The evening

One room in L.A. One dance floor across the world.

100–200 of us gather in Culver City. At the same moment it is Saturday morning in Nepal, the one day most people there have off. Flood survivors, families and friends join live on Zoom, and we see each other across the globe.

Evening’s Schedule

Opening intention
We begin together with a shared intention.
Voices from Nepal
We hear directly from people in Nepal about what happened and how the funds will be used.
Dance
A facilitated free-form dance set to Nepali music, moving through grief into celebration. Then we learn a traditional Nepali dance together.
Sound bath
Crystal bowls bring the whole room, and everyone on Zoom, to calm.
Healing circle
We close in a circle that reaches around the world from L.A. to Nepal.

Tsilah Burman dancing with women in Nepal during a movement session she led in October 2024.

Why now

Nepal has left the news. The floods have not left Nepal.

The 2026 flash floods in the border region with China destroyed homes, along with the roads and bridges that reached them. The situation is still in the emergency-response phase. Only the army is reaching cut-off villages by helicopter.

When the emergency and relief operations end, survivor families will need a place to live.

A green river winding between dry mountains in Nepal — River valley in Nepal before the floods.

Where your gift goes

MicroAid rebuilds permanent houses for disaster survivors that will withstand future disasters and last for generations to come.

No other recourse

MicroAid works where there are no social safety nets, no insurance programs and no real government assistance.

100% to the build

All proceeds go to projects: local labor and materials. Overhead is covered by MicroAid’s Board of Directors and specific foundation grants.

In Nepal for a decade

MicroAid has been rebuilding in Nepal since the 2015 Gorkha earthquake.

A family standing in front of their new brick home — A family in front of their new MicroAid-built home

A man making an offering at a construction site — Blessing the site before work begins

A worker carrying a basket of concrete — Local labor

Workers pouring a concrete roof on a brick house — Pouring the roof

A mother and her children in the doorway of their new brick home — Another happy family

Workers carrying bricks inside a house under construction — Traditional building methods

A finished three-story brick house — Finished MicroAid home

“Just because you can’t help everyone, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t help someone.”
Jon Ross, Founder, MicroAid International

What builds a home

A whole house costs$35,000

Through this Dance for Nepal event, you will have the opportunity to support disaster survivors by becoming a sponsor or making a personal donation. Every single dollar has an impact.

A narrow finished brick house with wooden doors

$100A load of gravel or sandWe use it to make concrete for floors and mortar for brick walls.
$250A wall of bricksIt takes about 6,000 bricks to build a typical house.
$50050 bags of cementWe use about 300 bags of cement per house to make concrete.
$750Electric and plumbing supplies
$1,500A water system and bathroom fixtures
$2,500Doors and windowsIn the developing world, wooden doors and windows are made to fit the opening, not the other way around.
$4,500Steel reinforcementWe use a lot of rebar when we are rebuilding in an earthquake zone.
$10,000–15,000The labor on a projectLocal manpower is the most expensive part of building a house. We believe in compensating local labor for their hard work.

Sponsorship

Help us fill the room and fund the homes

Sponsors underwrite the evening and kickstart our fundraising, so more of every gift goes to rebuilding. Each level includes tickets and recognition before, at, and after the event.

Level	In-person tickets	Name on invitations and event page	Thanks from the stage and on Zoom	Role in the evening	Pre-event gathering with organizers, speakers and the sound healer	Update from Nepal with photos of the homes being rebuilt
Presenting Host$25,000+	12	“Presented by” billing	Featured thanks	Welcome remarks to open the event	Yes	Personal video message
Host$10,000–$24,999	10	Top billing	Thanked by name	Invited to offer a few words in the opening intention	Yes	Personal video message
Co-Host$5,000–$9,999	8	Listed	Thanked by name	—	Yes	Yes
Patron$2,500–$4,999	6	Listed	Name on sponsor slide	—	—	Yes
Supporter$1,000–$2,499	4	Listed	Name on sponsor slide	—	—	Yes

Every gift builds

Give a piece of a home

You don’t need to be a sponsor to make a difference. All proceeds go straight to local labor and materials for a family’s new home.

$100A load of gravel or sand for concrete floors and mortarGive $100 $250A wall of bricksGive $250 $50050 bags of cementGive $500 $750Electric and plumbing suppliesGive $750 You choose the amountEvery dollar helps.Give now

Give

All proceeds go to rebuilding homes

Gifts go directly to MicroAid International, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Give online

Donate to MicroAid International.

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Give by check

Make checks payable to MicroAid International, with “Dance for Nepal” in the memo.

MicroAid International
460 E 79th Street (18B)
New York, NY 10075, U.S.A.

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Sponsor form

Tsilah Burman, Dance for Nepal

tsilah@dancefornepal.com

(818) 416-2253