Nepalese children return to school

May 31, 2015

Nepalese children return to school

Quinn Kelley 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, World earthquake, Nepal, Nepal Earthquake, UNICEF

Schools reopened in Nepal Sunday after two earthquakes struck the country on April 25 and May 12, killing thousands. According to a UNICEF statement, 32,000 classrooms were destroyed and 15,352 classrooms were among the earthquakes’ damage.

: Nepalese schoolgirl Ankita Kapali (L), 11, prepares food before leaving for school in Bhaktapur in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on May 31, 2015. Schools are reopening in Nepal following a devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015 which killed over 8,600 people, and damaged nearly 8,000 schools and 30,000 classrooms. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)

: A Nepalese man comforts his crying daughter at her school premise, as thousands of schools across the districts worst hit by two major earthquakes in Nepal reopened Sunday, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 31, 2015. With most school buildings damaged or unsafe, the Education Ministry ordered that classes be held in temporary classrooms. According to a UNICEF statement, 32,000 classrooms were destroyed and 15,352 classrooms were damaged after the two major earthquakes in Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

: A Nepalese man leads his son past debris towards his school, as thousands of schools across the districts worst hit by two major earthquakes in Nepal reopened Sunday, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 31, 2015. With most school buildings damaged or unsafe, the Education Ministry ordered that classes be held in temporary classrooms. According to a UNICEF statement, 32,000 classrooms were destroyed and 15,352 classrooms were damaged after the two major earthquakes in Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

: A Nepalese boy walks past a collapsed building close to his school, as thousands of schools across the districts worst hit by two major earthquakes in Nepal reopened Sunday, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 31, 2015. With most school buildings damaged or unsafe, the Education Ministry ordered that classes be held in temporary classrooms. According to a UNICEF statement, 32,000 classrooms were destroyed and 15,352 classrooms were damaged after the two major earthquakes in Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

: A Nepalese man constructs a tent which will serve as a temporary school, as thousands of schools across the districts worst hit by two major earthquakes in Nepal reopened Sunday, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 31, 2015. With most school buildings damaged or unsafe, the Education Ministry ordered that classes be held in temporary classrooms. According to a UNICEF statement, 32,000 classrooms were destroyed and 15,352 classrooms were damaged after the two major earthquakes in Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

: Nepalese women wave at children traveling to school in a school bus, as thousands of schools across the districts worst hit by two major earthquakes in Nepal reopened Sunday, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 31, 2015. With most school buildings damaged or unsafe, the Education Ministry ordered that classes be held in temporary classrooms. According to a UNICEF statement, 32,000 classrooms were destroyed and 15,352 classrooms were damaged after the two major earthquakes in Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

: Nepalese children sit inside a makeshift school, as thousands of schools across the districts worst hit by two major earthquakes in Nepal reopened Sunday, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 31, 2015. With most school buildings damaged or unsafe, the Education Ministry ordered that classes be held in temporary classrooms. According to a UNICEF statement, 32,000 classrooms were destroyed and 15,352 classrooms were damaged after the two major earthquakes in Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

: Nepalese students wait for their school bus in front of a collapsed house as thousands of schools across the districts worst hit by two major earthquakes in Nepal reopened Sunday, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 31, 2015. With most school buildings damaged or unsafe, the Education Ministry ordered that classes be held in temporary classrooms. According to a UNICEF statement, 32,000 classrooms were destroyed and 15,352 classrooms were damaged after the two major earthquakes in Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

: Nepalese schoolboy Jaswoba Chheakna, 4, looks out of the window of a schoolroom in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on May 31, 2015. Schools are reopening in Nepal following a devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015 which killed over 8,600 people, and damaged nearly 8,000 schools and 30,000 classrooms. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)

: Nepalese schoolgirl Ankita Kapali, 11, cleans her shoes as she prepares to return to school in Bhaktapur in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on May 31, 2015. Schools are reopening in Nepal following a devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015 which killed over 8,600 people, and damaged nearly 8,000 schools and 30,000 classrooms. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)

: Nepalese workers carry bamboo poles as they build a temporary school building ahead of a planned reopening of schools in Kathmandu on May 30, 2015. More than 8,600 people died in two earthquakes that hit Nepal on April 25, 2015, and May 12, destroying nearly half a million houses and leaving thousands without food or water. (Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images)

: Nepalese schoolgirl Ankita Kapali (R), 11, walks with her mother past damaged buildings to school in Bhaktapur in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on May 31, 2015. Schools are reopening in Nepal following a devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015 which killed over 8,600 people, and damaged nearly 8,000 schools and 30,000 classrooms. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)

: Nepalese schoolgirl Ankita Kapali, 11, looks on as she sits in a classroom at her school in Bhaktapur in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on May 31, 2015. Schools are reopening in Nepal following a devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015 which killed over 8,600 people, and damaged nearly 8,000 schools and 30,000 classrooms. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)

: Nepalese schoolgirl Ankita Kapali (L), 11, looks on as she has her hair done before leaving for school in Bhaktapur in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on May 31, 2015. Schools are reopening in Nepal following a devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015 which killed over 8,600 people, and damaged nearly 8,000 schools and 30,000 classrooms. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)

: Nepalese students sing a song in the classroom of a school in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on May 31, 2015. Schools are reopening in Nepal following a devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015 which killed over 8,600 people, and damaged nearly 8,000 schools and 30,000 classrooms. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)

: Nepalese students walk past damaged buildings to school in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on May 31, 2015. Schools are reopening in Nepal following a devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015 which killed over 8,600 people, and damaged nearly 8,000 schools and 30,000 classrooms. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)

: Nepalese parents walk with their children past damaged buildings to school in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on May 31, 2015. Schools are reopening in Nepal following a devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015 which killed over 8,600 people, and damaged nearly 8,000 schools and 30,000 classrooms. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)

: Nepalese workers build a temporary school building ahead of a planned reopening of schools in Kathmandu on May 30, 2015. More than 8,600 people died in two earthquakes that hit Nepal on April 25, 2015, and May 12, destroying nearly half a million houses and leaving thousands without food or water. (Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images)

: Nepalese workers build a temporary school building ahead of a planned reopening of schools in Kathmandu on May 30, 2015. More than 8,600 people died in two earthquakes that hit Nepal on April 25, 2015, and May 12, destroying nearly half a million houses and leaving thousands without food or water. (Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images)

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