Children displaced by the Bhotekoshi flood in Uttargaya

From Onlinekhabar English

Children displaced by the Bhotekoshi flood in Uttargaya. Uttargaya, August 31 Some children sit quietly, staring into the distance. Some are crying. Others are eating or playing. When Onlinekhabar’s team reached the premises of Shivalaya Basic School in Uttargaya Rural Municipality of Rasuwa on Sunday afternoon, the human toll of the Bhotekoshi flood was difficult to miss. A group of local leaders, civil society members, teachers and others who survived the flood were busy looking after the children. Around 100 students are currently staying at the school. Whenever someone arrives at the school, the children gather around them. Perhaps, somewhere in their minds, there is still a hope that the person arriving could be a parent they have been waiting for. The days are passing. But the children have not yet given up hope. Among them is nine-year-old Bhujana Tamang, a third-grade student. Until the flood, her days were much like those of other children—playing and spending time with her family. Now, the flood has disrupted that childhood.