Children and young people remain among the most vulnerable, one year after Nepal’s massive earthquake. A quarter of those killed some 2,000 were under 10 years old.And for those who survived, life is still a challenge. Hundreds of thousands of them are homeless.Many of these kids have spent months in tent cities, under sheets of corrugated metal, or sleeping out in the open. For 19-year-old Bagwar Gdadji and her daughter, home is a ‘temporary’ tent in a dusty lot in Kathmandu. Her baby was born just hours before the April 25, 2015 earthquake destroyed their house.She and her husband can’t afford to re-build, or even rent anywhere else, so they’ve been here for a year now. Water is available in the camp, since it is in the middle of the capital, Kathmandu.But for many children in the countryside, getting water means a two or three hour walk to the nearest working well. Many village wells have dried up or were contaminated after the earthquake.The search for safe drinking water remains a constant. -
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