On the sixth day, as a part of our relief project, the team, including school coordinator Durga Karki, we headed to Patali Gate in Dadagaun, Ward 8, Kavre, on our school bus. The goods we loaded were destined for six displaced families as referred by one of our schoolteachers who personally knew the families there. On reaching Patali Gate, we found a situation much worse than we had imagined.
We spoke to a local resident, Sarun Sapkota, who told us that many more households were affected by the quake, but no relief had been provided by the government or any other authorities. Their homes were completely written off; they would need to start from scratch, from zero, to get back on their feet.
We also interviewed an old couple, Krishna Bahadur Bishwokarma and his wife. Since the quake struck, they have been forced to beg for food, and despite having been provided tents, they could not fix them properly because of their old age.
Additional research revealed people who had high fever but were unable to get even simple medicines like paracetamol. The people of Patali Gate had heard about food and relief materials being provided in other places, but not in the rural areas of Kavre.
Two killed in separate accidents in Kavre
The Triyog Team did what they could in making an assessment of the community's needs and promised reach the victims with supplies as and when they became available through the Triyog for Quake Relief' Project. Returning to Kathmandu, the team helped in providing transportation to locals wishing to travel to the city.
Still, there is a desperate need for more help to these areas.
Abiral and Sajag are ex-students of Triyog Higher Secondary School in Dhapasi, Kathmandu.
