Upallo Arkhale is a village development committee in Nawalparasi District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal.

[1] In 1969 Gary and Barbara Shepherd moved from San Diego California to Nepal and eventually found Upallo Arakhale (pronounced "are-ah-kha-lha".)

They lived in this remote region for months at a time with their two children Michael and Adina while they learned the language and provided humanitarian support.

After joining Redd Barna's save the children efforts for Nepal and learning the key skills necessary to tackle large road projects, they set off on a personal effort to raise $60,000 for a food-for-work road project that started the transformation of the region and has become a major artery for transportation which can now be seen on Google Maps.

Today Google Maps lists this as the Dhobadi - Bulingtar Rd as further fundraising efforts and eventual adoption by the government has extended this critical north/south artery from the Kali Gandaki River to the Pragatinagar Hwy.