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“...Khumbu, the GHF is one of the organizations supporting
education in the region. The GHF actively followed earth-
quake impacts in Khumbu, and provided regular updates
on their website about the situation on the ground. They
also shared updates about their efforts at delivering
emergency relief, and communicating their vision of long-
term rebuilding through community consultation. They
reported that after the second major earthquake of 7.3
magnitude on May 12, 2015, the epicenter of which was 25
miles from Namche Bazaar, a Khumbu village, many more
houses and schools were damaged and destroyed (GHF
website accessed on May 9, 2017).
Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa, who was in the region during
and after the two major earthquakes, reported that data
collected in the Thame Valley (Namche VDC’s wards
4-9) show 93 percent of residential and tourist struc-
tures damaged by the earthquake; 66 percent were fully
damaged (unusable without major reconstruction) and
27 percent partially damaged (safe to use with...”
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