By — News Desk News Desk Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/photos-kids-return-school-nepal-devastating-earthquake Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Photos: Children return to school in Nepal following devastating earthquake World May 31, 2015 3:12 PM EDT Some schools in areas of Nepal that were hit by two powerful earthquakes on April 25 and May 12 reopened Sunday, the Associated Press reported. The 7.8 and 7.3 magnitude earthquakes were devastating to the South Asian country, killing over 8,000 people and injuring more than 22,000 others. Ukesh Tolangay, 6, cries inside a classroom after being dropped off by his mother at school in Bhaktapur, Nepal on May 31, 2015. Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Dipesh Shah, 4, cries and complains that he is scared of the earthquake, while his mother hugs him and his teacher comforts him in Bhaktapur, Nepal on May 31, 2015. Dipesh’s mother later took him back home after he continued resisting going to school. Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Many children, some accompanied by parents, navigated rubble and debris in order to return to school. Birendra Karmacharya carries his son Saksham Karmacharya, 4, as they walk past the debris of collapsed houses while heading toward school in Bhaktapur, Nepal on May 31, 2015. Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Niraj Ranjitkar, 10, walks along the debris of collapsed houses as he heads toward his school in Bhaktapur, Nepal on May 31, 2015. Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters On May 7, five days before a second powerful earthquake struck, UNICEF reported that 90 percent of the schools in the Nepalese districts of Gorkha, Sindhupalchok and Nuwakot had been destroyed. A woman cleans a classroom before the school reopens in Bhaktapur, Nepal on May 31, 2015. Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Men work to build a temporary classroom outside of a damaged school in Kathmandu, Nepal on May 29, 2015. Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Lila Nanda Upadhyay, the principal of Rupak Memorial International School in Kathmandu told Agence France-Presse that the school could not yet reopen. “It is impossible for me to reopen right now. The school ground is filled with debris and we don’t have an open space,” Upadhyay said. Government inspectors assessed the damage at schools and ordered unsafe or damaged schools to hold classes in temporary structures, according to the AP. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — News Desk News Desk
Some schools in areas of Nepal that were hit by two powerful earthquakes on April 25 and May 12 reopened Sunday, the Associated Press reported. The 7.8 and 7.3 magnitude earthquakes were devastating to the South Asian country, killing over 8,000 people and injuring more than 22,000 others. Ukesh Tolangay, 6, cries inside a classroom after being dropped off by his mother at school in Bhaktapur, Nepal on May 31, 2015. Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Dipesh Shah, 4, cries and complains that he is scared of the earthquake, while his mother hugs him and his teacher comforts him in Bhaktapur, Nepal on May 31, 2015. Dipesh’s mother later took him back home after he continued resisting going to school. Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Many children, some accompanied by parents, navigated rubble and debris in order to return to school. Birendra Karmacharya carries his son Saksham Karmacharya, 4, as they walk past the debris of collapsed houses while heading toward school in Bhaktapur, Nepal on May 31, 2015. Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Niraj Ranjitkar, 10, walks along the debris of collapsed houses as he heads toward his school in Bhaktapur, Nepal on May 31, 2015. Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters On May 7, five days before a second powerful earthquake struck, UNICEF reported that 90 percent of the schools in the Nepalese districts of Gorkha, Sindhupalchok and Nuwakot had been destroyed. A woman cleans a classroom before the school reopens in Bhaktapur, Nepal on May 31, 2015. Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Men work to build a temporary classroom outside of a damaged school in Kathmandu, Nepal on May 29, 2015. Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Lila Nanda Upadhyay, the principal of Rupak Memorial International School in Kathmandu told Agence France-Presse that the school could not yet reopen. “It is impossible for me to reopen right now. The school ground is filled with debris and we don’t have an open space,” Upadhyay said. Government inspectors assessed the damage at schools and ordered unsafe or damaged schools to hold classes in temporary structures, according to the AP. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now