Infant boy, Namtar
4 December, 2015. A young boy from a Chepang family in Namtar-9 in Makwanpur district. The Chepang - a Tibeto-Burman indigenous people numbering around 52,000 in Nepal - are among the most economically deprived and marginalised communities in the country. More than half of those killed in the April 25th and May 12th earthquakes were from marginalised communities such as the Tamang and Chepang. 35 Chepang families live in the ward of Namtar-9: 26 of those families had their homes destroyed by the earthquakes. NGO Himalayan Climate Initiative (HCI), in conjunction with the National Volunteering Program, is supplying lightweight, easily constructed, climate smart shelters for those 26 families in the first phase of its 'Resilient Homes' program.
Infant boy, Namtar
4 December, 2015. A young boy from a Chepang family in Namtar-9 in Makwanpur district. The Chepang - a Tibeto-Burman indigenous people numbering around 52,000 in Nepal - are among the most economically deprived and marginalised communities in the country. More than half of those killed in the April 25th and May 12th earthquakes were from marginalised communities such as the Tamang and Chepang. 35 Chepang families live in the ward of Namtar-9: 26 of those families had their homes destroyed by the earthquakes. NGO Himalayan Climate Initiative (HCI), in conjunction with the National Volunteering Program, is supplying lightweight, easily constructed, climate smart shelters for those 26 families in the first phase of its 'Resilient Homes' program.