Nepal

Nepal Earthquake Relief

Nepal Earthquake Relief

Manju Puri and Ramesh Giri are newlyweds living in Kathmandu, Nepal.  Saturday, their lives were changed forever by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that destroyed their home and crumbled their city.  I met the Puri family three years ago, while traveling, and they warmly welcomed me into their home. I got to know their family, and we seemed to adopt one another.  Making a living has always been a struggle for them.  Manju’s mother, father, younger sister, sister-in-law and niece all live in a small village in the district of Sindhupalchok.  Brothers Rupak and Dipak live in Dubai and work to send money home to their family.  Manju and Ramesh live in Ghaurighat, a suburb of Kathmandu and also work various jobs to add funds to the communal supply of money.  For a family who by no means lives in excess, losing everything they did have is difficult to imagine.