Devastating Earthquake in Nepal: Humanitarian Relief and Tackling Poverty
Category: IMPACT
I remember looking at the thousands of flimsy shacks and hovels lining Kathmandu's dusty slums and the sturdier, but still precarious, multi-tiered family homes, and the cheaply-built apartment blocks and ornate temples that collectively give the city its colorful distinctive appearance. We all understood and feared what a big earthquake would surely do there.
By Winnie Byanyima, ContributorExecutive Director, Oxfam International, 2015-04-26