“I’ve been living in this neighborhood for more than 50 year now and this is the first time I seen a disaster this big. Everyone in Nepal is effected, we all know someone that had lost someone, their home or shop.”
“How about your house?”
“I live right next to this house behind me, we were so lucky that only a little was damaged, we moved downstairs as the 3rd floor was shaking badly. We all came out but it was so difficult to even stand. I guess my house was stronger that this one.”
“So how are you dealing with this now?”
“Are you a government reporter?”
“No I’m not, I’m just a freelance.”
“Ah okay, you can look for yourself, it’s been 3 months, we are all just waiting here. The government is still not doing much, they have this election coming so I guess they will wait to see who will be in-charge of this area and the funds. We didn’t even get anything, but I hear the rural areas got a little money, that’s all. The public funds are being collected but I’m not sure where it’s being used. All we hear are funds being collected by government agencies but still nothing is happening. Look at this house, they cleaned it up so the roads are cleared but then everyone left, the owner moved to a relatives place as they lost everything.”
– Kathmandu, Nepal
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