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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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“...discussions took place in multiple locations, including social media sites, and centered on the survey of loss, rescue, relief, and rebuild- ing efforts. Sherpas in Khumbu, Pharak, Kathmandu, and diaspora communities voluntarily engaged in these dis- cussions. Social media sites, particularly Facebook, served as indispensable platforms where residents could share pictures and stories from their different locations. I also conducted an on-foot survey from May 4-11, 2015, to assess the earthquake damage and record the post-earthquake experiences of Pharak residents. I also reviewed institu- tional activities and reports that pertained to the Sherpas of the Everest region. Now, two years after the disaster, further reflection on my discussions with other Sherpas illustrates that a ‘sense of community’ and ‘resilience’ were the salient driving forces for the community’s responses. As themes, a ‘sense of community’ and ‘resilience’ provide theoretical frame- work to understand how this community...”
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“...days it appeared that only two villages were badly affected. The lack of access to social media, and specific networks limited publicity and ability to connect for villages like Jorsalle, Benkar, and Gumela. Some villagers also consciously limited their pres- ence on social media in order to not inflict pain on their relatives living abroad. My on-foot survey of the villages in Pharak showed that the earthquake had unevenly affected the region. While some villages suffered limited structural damage, others were completely destroyed. For example, the Chaurikharka VDCs Area (sq. km) Household Population Male Female Chaurikharka 344.5 968 3709 1872 1837 Namche 431.3 480 1540 807 733 Khumjung 702.2 551 1912 913 999 Figure 2. Three VDCs of the Mount Everest Region. (Nepal Government Census 2011) HIMALAYA Volume37,Number2 105...”
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“...Lukla, a neighboring village, suffered comparatively minimal struc- tural damage. However, the Lukla hospital, which stands on top of a ridge, suffered substantial loss. Patients were cared for in tents on the lawn during our visit. In the beginning, those of us based outside the area sought information about the condition of villages on our own, through phone calls. We then publicly circulated the information as quickly as possible on social media sites to inform each other especially the Sherpa diaspora. Our initial conversations, on and off Facebook, focused on how to appropriately measure damage. How do we identify the extent of damage in the villages? General consensus was that damages were not uniform. Based on local estimates, and consultations, villagers were able to identify if their houses were fully damaged, partially damaged, or had minor cracks. Creating common-sense categories to cover the range of damage was a suitable solution in an emer- gency situation. This data from villagers...”
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“... 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 the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA). In...”
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“...safety evaluation. The report’s structural assessment of the Everest region covering Khumbu and Pharak, north of Lukla, reported: Out of approximately 710 buildings, earthquake damage of structural concern was observed in 120 buildings (17 percent); 83 percent of build- ings can be given a green tag per ATC-20/ DUDBC guidelines. It was found that most of the build- ings that were damaged can feasibly be repaired (Miyamoto 2015: 7). These report results also highlight shortages of reconstruc- tion materials, which have slowed the process of repair and rebuilding. This report then recommends completing a detailed risk-assessment study post-monsoon in order to manage the identified risks associated with the geologic hazard. It concludes, “The majority of accommodation structures and trails have sustained minimal damage from the April and May earthquake” (Miyamoto 2015: 9). In Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa’s (2015) article in The Kathmandu Post, a national daily newspaper, accessed online, a local tourism...”
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