Nepalese Colorado College students trying to help their homeland
But she managed to escape and flee to a nearby field, where she and some of Prasai's neighbors and relatives have been camped for days.
They've waited there as aftershocks hit the Nepalese capital that was ravaged last week by the worst earthquake the country has seen in 80 years.
Prasai, 22, was safe in
Prasai and four other Nepali CC students are fortunate -- their families escaped the quake unharmed, although the damage to their city and country is severe. They have been communicating with relatives over
Prasai's home is standing, but photos show the family's glassware was shattered. His aunt's house now leans against another home, he said on Monday. It's only a matter of time before the house will come down.
"They have been calling the cranes," Prasai said. "But the cranes are really busy, so we still don't know what's going to happen."
Reconstructing thousands of destroyed homes will be a struggle, he said.
"There is no such thing as house insurance in
While rebuilding homes for thousands is a task that looms, Prasai is more concerned about immediate needs -- food, water and shelter for those made homeless by the quake. Prasai and other CC students have connected with Nepalese college students around
Youth With A Mission, an international nonprofit group with a campus in
All 20 volunteers, most of them Americans, survived the quake, said YWAM director
The group is focused on getting basic survival needs to the Nepalese.
The volunteers have started trekking to the villages outside
"Almost all of the money -- some of it might be going for petrol and generators -- but most is going to relief efforts at this point," he said.
Another
Marshaling money for
Khatri and some of her high school friends raised more than
She hopes to organize a showing of Nepali photographs over the weekend to help raise money and awareness about the quake. "Every single dollar holds so much value for someone from
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