It takes a village: Surviving the Nepal quake

May 6, 2015

It takes a village: Surviving the Nepal quake

Kalani Gordon 0 Comment World

People in villages reachable by road in Nepal’s quake-wracked central Gorkha District are fending for themselves, with the government so short on relief they’ve been forced to focus only on far-flung reaches of the remote Himalayas.

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, a young boy carries a foam bedroll up a set of stairs in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. People in villages reachable by road in Nepalís quake-wracked central Gorkha District are fending for themselves, with the government so short on relief theyíve been forced to focus only on far-flung reaches of the remote Himalayas. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, Prem Kumari Khanal, 68, piles corrugated sheets of tin in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, villagers gather to receive aid in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, Lila Khanal gazes over the rubble of her collapsed home in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, Santoshi Shrestha, 23, left, piles reusable rocks with neighbors in hopes to rebuild their home in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of last week’s massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, Rajendra Khanal, 21, left, resolves a dispute over aid in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, Loysyanri Khanal, 78, left, shares a moment with the young girls in their destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, Rajendra Khanal, 21, shouts out names as he distributes aid packets to families in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, Loysyanri Khanal, 78, smiles outside of her home in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, Tika Devi Khanal, 81, sits at her damaged home in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, standing in the rubble of her home, Radha Shrestha, 42, strings a clothesline to hang laundry in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, local women are seen by volunteer medics in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, Namaya Shretha, 25, sits in a makeshift shelter with her daughter in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, villagers, young and old, carry donated aid in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, a villager walks his goats through the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

: In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2015, prayer flags line the entrance to Tika Devi Khanal, 81, damaged home in the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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