Voices Of Nepal - Kiran Kreer https://imkiran.com/stories/voicesofnepal/ Sat, 02 May 2026 05:35:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://imkiran.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-kirankreerlogo-favicon-32x32.png Voices Of Nepal - Kiran Kreer https://imkiran.com/stories/voicesofnepal/ 32 32 Being Paralyzed But Doing Something That I Can First https://imkiran.com/being-paralyzed-but-doing-something-that-i-can-first/ Sat, 14 Nov 2015 08:26:17 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5004 “To me it’s okay if I lost my legs. Even if I lost the ability to walk, I’m just thankful that I’m still alive. I have my hands, I have my eyes, my mind and I have my life. I have many plans for myself. Now I will work hard to regain my strength first, […]

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]]> Children Wanting Solar Lights For Reading | Nepal Earthquake https://imkiran.com/children-wanting-solar-lights-for-reading/ Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:57:43 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4849 We walked around with bags full of solar lights and handed them out to those elderly and mother with babies. We went to an emergency camp site in Kathmandu where thousands of earthquake victims are still living in tents. Many of them who are homeless. We only had 100 Nokero solar lights to give out […]

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]]> A Teacher Who Lost Everything | Nepal Earthquake https://imkiran.com/a-teacher-who-lost-everything-nepal/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:47:20 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4819 It was a big day in my life, after the earthquake here in Nepal. I didn’t have any expectations on what it will be like spending 24 hours in a spinal cord injury centre, a rehabilitation centre. Staying awake for that many hours was hard at first but slowly my motions and mind got adjusted […]

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]]> Mother’s Cry For Help In IDP Earthquake Camp In Kathmandu https://imkiran.com/mothers-cry-for-help-in-idp-earthquake-camp-in-kathmandu/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 18:03:23 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4721 “We have no where to go. I’m trying to gather five to seven families here to rent a piece of land nearby, so we can start building our new home. It won’t be like our homes before but it would be a start. With the little money we have, we can start a small house […]

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]]> Helpless Gurung Child | Voices Of Nepal https://imkiran.com/helpless-gurung-child-voicesofnepal/ Tue, 15 Sep 2015 17:10:58 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4699 Title: Helpless Gurung Child At the village north of Dhading, a Gurung child looks out from her door when a relief aid team passes by, while her mother stands by her side. Gurung people also called Tamu, are an ethnic group from different parts of Nepal, many who are homeless today after the earthquake. (Dhading, […]

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]]> Building Homes at 80, After Nepal Earthquake https://imkiran.com/building-homes-80-nepal-earthquake/ Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:12:27 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4702 “Tell me why are you always helping others to build their shelters?” “I help them build it so later they will help build mine. Because I know I’m old and I can’t do it alone. And we are all here as part of a family.” “So what’s your secret? You are about 80 years old, […]

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]]> Blind Tamang Harvesting in Jharlang, Nepal https://imkiran.com/blind-tamang-harvesting/ Wed, 09 Sep 2015 17:15:29 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4705 Tamang people in Jharlang. A local working on his corn harvest. He is partially blind and deaf, yet he sits here daily preparing his harvest for the week. In the high, rugged hills of Nepal, you’ll often encounter the Tamang people, many of whom are subsistence farmers, their lives intrinsically woven into the soil and […]

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]]> My Days During Aid Relief After The Nepal Earthquake https://imkiran.com/image-series-recent-aid-relief-earthquake/ Thu, 03 Sep 2015 12:05:52 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4737 Series of some moments captured during my second trip to Hokse, Palanchok. A mountain village where the earthquake had destroyed most of the houses and many lives. A grass-root volunteer society, Secret Garden Disaster Relief is currently doing a special project there to relocate 42 families that are currently living on a landslide zone. The […]

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]]> My Name Means Light | Voices Of Nepal https://imkiran.com/my-name-means-light-voicesofnepal/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:30:04 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4691 I met her at a yearly festival called ‘Gai Jatra’ where they celebrate the death of a loved one. This year they paraded with pictures of more children, more parents and many of those who lost their lives in the earthquake. “My family lost our home and the shop after the earthquake. I was there […]

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]]> The Bihar, Teenage Mother | Voices Of Nepal https://imkiran.com/the-bihar-teenage-mother-voices-of-nepal/ Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:26:17 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4687 “I am 18 and I have 2 kids. My first child is three years old.” She is from Bihar, India. She lives in this basement home, underground, renting it of a Nepali house with 10 others. A small wooden plank bed shared by the whole family. A common toilet that looked like an open sewer. […]

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]]> The Hokse Student | Voices Of Nepal https://imkiran.com/the-hokse-student-voicesofnepal/ Sat, 22 Aug 2015 14:46:51 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4674 The Hokse Student. Thousands of children in Nepal have been effected after their schools were destroyed by the earthquake. Today many of them go to make shift schools, temporary sheds or have classrooms in the outdoors. She is one of the students in a village called Hokse, she loves reading and singing songs with her […]

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]]> The Hokse Farmer | Voices Of Nepal https://imkiran.com/the-hokse-farmer-voicesofnepal/ Sat, 22 Aug 2015 14:40:52 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4671 The Hokse Farmer – Nepal. Terraced farming on the foothills of the mountains is a common sight in many of the villages in Nepal. Many of this farmers livelihoods were devastated after the earthquake. In the vast, breathtaking tapestry of Nepal’s landscapes, from the fertile lowlands to the dramatic, terraced mountainsides, I’ve observed lives deeply […]

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]]> Little Secret Affairs at Hokse, Palanchok | Nepal Earthquake https://imkiran.com/little-secret-affairs-at-hokse-palanchok/ Sun, 09 Aug 2015 13:04:00 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4590 Hokse in Palanchok, also nicknamed “Kidney Village’ as almost everyone in this small village has sold a kidney or knows someone who has. I’ve heard rumors of some who have sold one for US$500 to US$1000 just to support their family financially after the Nepal earthquake. The so called ‘organ brokers’ from India had persuaded […]

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]]> Left Out To Be Homeless | Voices Of Nepal https://imkiran.com/left-out-to-be-homeless-voicesofnepal/ Fri, 07 Aug 2015 09:13:26 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4584 “I’ve been staying here all my life. My children use to live with me in this house. But now they moved out and live by themselves in a shelter. My son is married and lives with his family in a new shelter but his wife does not want me to stay with them.” “So where […]

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