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PHOTO CAPTION: Scientology Volunteer Minister Binod Sharma, featured on\u00a0\u201cVoices for Humanity\u201d\u00a0on the Scientology Network.<\/em><\/p>\n
Within 24 hours of the earthquake that rocked Nepal on April 25, 2015, killing some 8,800, Scientology Volunteer Minister Binod Sharma mobilized an emergency response team in Kathmandu. He led his volunteers as they\u00a0combed through the rubble of his ravaged city for survivors. And he went on to lead an international team of rescue workers and volunteers to help his people. His story is documented in an episode of\u00a0Voices for Humanity<\/a>\u00a0on the\u00a0Scientology Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sharma acted as interpreter for Los Topos, the famous Mexican search and rescue team, and Colombia\u2019s National Circle of Aid Technicians (CINAT), who were brought to Nepal by Volunteer Ministers international headquarters in Los Angeles. And he coordinated their activities with the work of Volunteer Ministers arriving from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and as far away as Australia, Denmark and America.<\/p>\n Among those arriving were EMTs, nurses and doctors, and Sharma\u2019s team helped them provide needed medical care and first aid to those injured by the quake in Kathmandu. And the Volunteer Ministers went with them to remote towns and villages cut off by rubble and the remains of destroyed vehicles that blocked the roads through treacherous mountain passes.<\/p>\n They provided food and temporary shelter and helped rebuild homes and schools.<\/p>\n Sharma led his teams across forgotten villages and districts hit by disaster, ultimately bringing help to 4 million Nepalese. And to bring permanent help, he established a Volunteer Minister headquarters in Kathmandu training more than 150 Volunteer Minister groups across his nation.<\/p>\n In recognition of Sharnma\u2019s humanitarian work, Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige presented him with the International Association of Scientologists\u00a0Freedom Medal<\/a>\u00a0in 2017.<\/p>\n The Church of Scientology\u00a0Volunteer Ministers program<\/a>\u00a0is a religious social service created in the mid-1970s by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard.<\/p>\n A Volunteer Minister\u2019s mandate is to be \u201ca person who helps his fellow man on a volunteer basis by restoring truth and spiritual values to the lives of others.\u201d Their creed: \u201cA Volunteer Minister does not shut his eyes to the pain, evil and injustice of existence. Rather, he is trained to handle these things and help others achieve relief from them and new personal strength as well.\u201d<\/p>\n LEARN MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/voices-for-humanity\/binod-sharma.html<\/a><\/p>\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/22-0406-s2p-cosnepal-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nCaption: Scientology Volunteer Minister Binod Sharma, featured on\u00a0\u201cVoices for Humanity\u201d\u00a0on the Scientology Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 6, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Seven years ago this month, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal. A Scientology Volunteer Minister led rescue workers, Scouts and volunteers who arrived from across the world on a mission to save lives. Sharma acted as interpreter for Los Topos, the famous Mexican search and rescue team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8949,"featured_media":80570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,12804,10,596,187],"tags":[17969,16300],"class_list":["post-80571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion-news","category-ap","category-california-news","category-global-aid-news","category-los-angeles-news","tag-nepal-earthquake","tag-scientology-volunteer-ministers","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3692,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/22-0406-s2p-cosnepal-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}