by Bruce Keenan | Jun 15, 2017 | 2017
11-year-old Laxman now is in grade 3. He lost his mother during the earthquake and now stays with his father, three brothers and a younger sister. They live in a very remote, mountainous area that is a half-day walk from the nearest dirt road. Laxman’s father, Dal...
by Bruce Keenan | Jun 15, 2017 | 2017
8-year-old Shanti is in grade 4. She is from an indigenous community, and lives with her uncle, aunt and cousins in a temporary shelter in a remote area, literally on the side of a steep hill in the shadow of the Himalayas. They are subsistence farmers and cultivate...
by Bruce Keenan | Jun 14, 2017 | 2017
Puja is 9 years old and studying in grade 3. She lives with her mother, two siblings, and her elderly grandfather in a temporary shelter in their remote village in the high hills. She lost her father during the earthquake when their house collapsed. Puja is from an...
by Bruce Keenan | Jun 14, 2017 | 2017
Yaman is 7 years old and studying in grade 1. He likes school and enjoys his mathematics lessons the most. He walks two hours a day to get to school and back. He comes from a family of subsistence farmers and from an indigenous community. He lost his father in the...