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Khokana

Residents of the village of Khokana, near Kathmandu, are living in tents after many of their homes collapsed in the earthquake of April 25, 2015.

‘My fear is always alive in my mind’ — the aftermath of the earthquake in one Nepali village

Culture

Reporter Donatella Lorch has lived in Nepal for two years, running through — and admiring — the small town of Khokana on many days. She returned to the village in the wake of Saturday’s earthquake and saw her beloved town in ruins, but its people organizing to help themselves.

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