#postquake

Billions to rebuild post-quake Nepal being misdirected

Mon, Apr 23, 2018 – 4:07 PM [DHUNGKHARKA, Nepal] Billions of dollars poured into Nepal after a powerful earthquake devastated the country three years ago is being misdirected towards building unnecessary new homes where old ones could have been salvaged, experts warn. Survivors of the 7.8-magnitude quake that killed nearly 9,000 people in April 2015 are being pushed to construct new buildings…

Post-quake education: Widening disparities

Negligence in prioritizing school reconstruction task by the government authorities, even after two years of the earthquakes, has aggravated the problem Illustration: Ratna Sagar Shrestha/THT Education should be for all. But a large number of children are now deprived of education because of the government’s negligence. The recent earthquakes have imposed big disparities in the educational…

The World Admire Japan?s Post-Quake Behaviors

The World Admire Japan?s Post-Quake Behaviors Japanese people must face with thousands of difficulties after the dramatic quake and devastating tsunami struck this country, causing massive atomic explosions and nuclear meltdowns. Now, survivors not only have lack of water, food, electricity, houses and gasoline but also are threatened by radiation contamination. Japanese people; however; still…