2015 Nepal Earthquake

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  Climate-Smart Farming in Rural Nepal Eases Pressure to Migrate

  globalcitizen.org

  By Aadesh SubediPYUTHAN, Nepal, Jan 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Ram Bahadur Rayamajhi worked in a furniture shop in India for nearly 15 years …

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  In Nepal’s post-earthquake reconstruction, women masons are breaking gender barriers

  worldbank.org - Sulochana Nepali

  recounts 38-year-old Kamala B. K. from Nuwakot in central Nepal. Kamala is one of 149 women mobile masons hired by the National Reconstruction …

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  Nepal donors pledge $3bn for rebuilding in aftermath of earthquakes

  The Guardian - Agence France-Presse and staff

  India, China and Asian Development Bank lead donor list as prime minister counters sceptics with vow that corruption will not be tolerated International donors led by India and China have pledged approximately $3bn (£1.91bn) to rebuild Nepal in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes that hit …

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  Nepal, Three Months After the Earthquakes

  The Atlantic - Alan Taylor

  Three months have now passed since massive twin earthquakes struck Nepal, killing more than 8,800 people, injuring more than 22,000, flattening nearly 600,000 homes, and leaving millions still in need of food, clean water and adequate shelter. Though residents are working to return to their normal …

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  An Oral History of Langtang, Destroyed by the Nepal Earthquake

  Outside Magazine - Anna Callaghan , Rabi Thapa

  On April 25 of this year, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal at 11:56 a.m., local time. Half a million homes across the country were leveled and more than 8,500 people were killed, including 19 climbers and Sherpas who died in an avalanche that roared through Mount Everest Base Camp. While images …

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  How this entrepreneur helped save lives after Nepal's earthquake

  Chicago Tribune - Inc.com

  On April 25, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, killing more than 8,000. Alison Thompson set off for the region immediately. She runs Third Wave Volunteers, an activist organization that assembles volunteers to provide aid, shelter, and medical care in disaster zones, and when she arrived in …