Binod Shakya shares his experience in working on reconstruction of Suri Primary School. Binod is a freelance tour guide who became a translator and volunteer in different parts of rural Nepal after the devastating earthquake hit the country in the spring of 2015. The great earthquake measuring 7.6 magnitude that struck Nepal on April 25,
The Nepal Relief Fund was created shortly after the earthquake of April 24th, 2015. We are splitting their story into three parts, the first on the events surrounding the earthquake and the original idea to create a fund. The second part will tell the story of the rebuilding of the Chyangba secondary school. Part three
An earthquake seemed overdue in the Kathmandu region. That’s what my friend and colleague Dawa Chhiri Sherpa and I were discussing the morning of April 25th, 2015. We were planning out our week in Kathmandu before we were due to fly back to Lukla for the Everest base camp trek. I had just returned from Island Peak at
