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“...of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies Volume 37 | Number 2 Article 13 December 2017 Community and Resilience among Sherpas in the Post-Earthquake Everest Region Pasang Y Sherpa University of Washington, pysherpa(3)gmail.com Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya Recommended Citation Sherpa, Pasang Y. (2017) "Community and Resilience among Sherpas in the Post-Earthquake Everest Region," HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies: Vol. 37 : No. 2, Article 13. Available at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol37/iss2/13 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Macalester College Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Perspectives is brought to you for free and open access by the DigitalCommons(2)Macalester College at DigitalCommons(2)Macalester College. It has been accepted for inclusion in HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies...”
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“...existed. Revisiting the memories of devastation for this article was personally challenging. This article has also been possible because of the friends and relatives who shared their experiences, and continued support from Un Sherpa. Barbara Brower and Jim Fisher were extremely generous with their time and advice at different stages of developing this article. The author is responsible for any and all errors that remain. This perspectives is available in HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol37/iss2/13...”
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“...Community and Resilience among Sherpas in the Post-Earthquake Everest Region PasangYangjee Sherpa In this article, I examine how residents of the Mount Everest region of Nepal responded after two major earthquakes occurred on April 25th and May 12th, 2015. This article is based on my participant-observation of discussions among Sherpas, on-foot surveys of earthquake damage, and the experiences of residents, which I recorded in Pharak, between the two major seismic events. I also reviewed institutional activities and reports that pertained to the Everest region and spoke at length with other Sherpas. In these discussions, the boundaries of 'community'were both fluid and self-understood. A 'sense of community' and 'resilience' emerged as salient themes, and provided an analytical framework to understand the Sherpa communities' responses to these earthquakes. The case studies presented herein are selected based on my direct engagement with them. The narratives present critical social responses...”
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“...in Pennsylvania from a friend informing me about the massive earthquake in Nepal. As I scrolled down my Facebook page, I saw a picture of the Dharahara tower in Kathmandu, reduced to rubble. In that moment, I realized that the city where I grew up was no more. Within minutes, news from our villages in the Everest region also started to appear on Facebook. Distraught by the news, my husband and I flew to Nepal five days later. We then headed to Pharak, where my family is from, to document damages. This article is a product of that visit and subsequent conversations among us, the Sherpas from Khumbu and Pharak. In this article, I take the position of a distant observer as I present my observations and analyze the situation, but I also remain personally affected by the devastation. Specifically, this article explores community discussions of devastation that residents of the Mount Everest region in northeast Nepal experienced after two major earthquakes occurred in their homeland in 2015 (the...”
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“...locally known as Khumbu. The area overseen by Chaurikharka VDC is locally known as Pharak. The resi- dents of the Everest region use either Khumbu or Pharak, the Sherpa names, or the name of their individual VDCs, depending on the context of their conversation. According to the government of Nepal’s 2011 census, the combined area of these three VDCs has a population of 7,161 indi- viduals, contains 1,999 households, and is a total of 1,478 sq. km. According to the Nepal Human Development Report 2014 produced by the government of Nepal and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Solukhumbu has a Human Development Index (HDl) value of 0.502, which puts it in the higher range, just below Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur, and at the same level with Palpa, Tanahu, and Mustang. According to UNDP, HDI is a “summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable and have a decent standard of living” (UNDP 2016). Documenting...”
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“...(TSHF), have focused on providing support to rebuild homes in different parts of the Everest region. “The people in our villages look at us as the light at the end of their tunnel,” Pemba Sherpa, founder of the Sherpa Foundation said to a local newspaper in Vail, Colorado (Vail Daily 2015). The Vail Daily also wrote that in their first year, the Sherpa Foundation “repaired 96 homes and built 12 more, all for a little more than $115,000—every penny raised locally...A little money goes a long way in Nepal, and they spend no more than $7,000 on a home.” Pemba describes himself as “just the delivery guy” (ibid.). He explained, “When their homes were devastated, they had no hope. The permanent solution is a home where they can feel safe” (ibid.). Two years later, he continues to raise funds and support his community to rebuild. Khumbu Sherpa leaders and supporters initiated the TSHF to assist the Thame Valley with local reconstruc- tion, where the villages of Thame-Ong (Lower Thame), Thame-Teng (Upper...”
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“...Himalayan Trust Nepal, the longest running non-gov- ernmental organization in the Everest region, focused on monitoring and supporting schools throughout Solukhumbu. A survey they conducted had revealed that 227 schools in the Solukhumbu district were damaged: some were totally destroyed, and some sustained partial damage and cracks. The Rebuild Earthquake Damaged Solukhumbu Schools (REDSS) project was implemented to reconstruct and repair school buildings in the district. According to the Himalayan Trust Nepal website, as of April 2017, REDSS had successfully completed their project in seven schools (accessed on May 14, 2017). The Local Tourism Economy On July 15, 2015, two months after the second earthquake, Miyamoto Inc., an international group of earthquake and structural engineers, published a report titled Damage Assessment of Everest Region. This assessment was pro- posed by Intrepid Travel, the largest tour operator in Nepal, and was conducted on behalf of the Government of Nepal through...”
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“...she was going to remain financially destitute for a long time. Her migrant-family neighbors had left Pharak for their natal villages, but she could not return. For her and her family, Pharak was now their home base. In their new home, however, they did not have generations of recipro- cal relationships with the Sherpa villagers that would have provided the basis for social support she needed in such a time of vulnerability. Many Sherpas from Solukhumbu volunteered in severely affected parts of Nepal, closer to the epicenter of the earthquakes. One Khumbu resident, a member of an international network of Nepali volunteers, explained to me that she knew her community would be able to support each other. They were going to be fine. Her skillset was useful elsewhere. The Sherpas from the Everest region were resilient, she explained. Discussion In the aftermath of the earthquake, the community of Sherpas from Khumbu and Pharak came together. Social media sites allowed Sherpas in different places...”
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“...article. The author is responsible for any and all errors that remain. References Fisher, W. F. 2001. Fluid Boundaries: Forming and Transforming Identity in Nepal. New York: Columbia University Press. Government of Nepal. 2011. National Population and Housing Census 2011 (Village Development Committee/ Municipality). (accessed on May 22, 2017). The Greater Himalayas Foundation. Earthquake. (accessed on May 9, 2017). Gusfield, J. R. 1975. Community: A Critical Response. New York: Harper & Row. Himalayan Trust Nepal. About Schools Rebuild Project (REDSS). (accessed on May 22, 2017). #Khumbu Earthquake Relief Facebook Page. About. (accessed on May 14, 2017). McFarlane, A. and F. Norris. 2006. Definitions and Concepts in Disaster Research. In Methods for Disaster...”