Ambar and his smart dog Dunston
 Ambar and his smart dog Dunston  
Ambar Bahadur Thapa Magar from Sindhuli

Ambar Bahadur, age 25, comes from the tiny village of Khang Sang west of the capital Sindhulimati. He is the second youngest out of one elder
sister, two elder brothers and one younger sister. Both of his parents are farmers.
Sindhuli is one of the most vulnerable flood disaster prone areas in the eastern low lands of Nepal's Terai region. Our  former HRDSN Disaster Unit
has held 3 large Medical Flood Aid Camps along the Kamala river during rain seasons in the years before the Maoist insurgency. Each camp served approximately 5000 victims who had lost all their belongings such as livestock, whole crop harvests, housing and  road access
to their plots of land.
Our camps were financed by the so called "Arbeitsstab Humanitaere Hilfe" in the Foreign Office of Germany. The Kamala Khola in Sindhuli has the unique geographic feature that it is the only river in Nepal that flows from the west to the east instead the usual north-south direction that other river follow from the Himalayas down to the plains of Northern India. Sudden flash flood appear at the oddest times during pre-monsoon,
mid-monsoon or even after the monsoon is declared over. To the dismay of the local farmers and due to climate change this happens
increasingly at the most unexpected and harmless looking many side streams that pour out of the northern hills whenever there is a period of larger rain fall.

After passing SLC seven years ago Ambar had no financial resources what so ever to follow a higher study despite that he passed SLC with high marks and having many interests. Especially history, politics and English language are his favorite readings. He lingered around listlessly, worked as a part time trekking guide and day laborer until with age 25 he resigned about his prospects that he ever will get to any college or even to University. In Nepal, once  age 25, having a meager income and being unmarried, one is considered a failure according to  families customs and culture. Ambar had to seek a better paid job because he has to support his poor parents and his poorly paid day-laboring farm hand brothers and sisters. Joining SARDOGS NEPAL and even being selected as a founding board member means a lot to him. When the Springer Spaniel Dunston became his training partner, the progress of this team was astonishing to see. Ambar and Dunston are a fast learning and high performing SAR Team already. Both are a great asset to our emerging Junior Search & Rescue Dog Squad.
Our first batch of Junior SAR Dog handlers