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S3E5: Why Connections Are Critical During Natural Disasters with Karsang Tamang
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In this episode, I speak with Karsang Tamang. We met when he approached me at Bamboo Lodge in the Langtang valley of Nepal and convinced me to hire his father as a porter. His father was a fantastic guide and I had the opportunity to meet his mother and other relatives in their village, Thulo Syafru. Karsang and his family grew up relatively poor by Nepalese standards. Eventually they had enough money for his father to build a house on land he inherited from his father. It's at the intersection of two popular trekking routes north of Kathmandu near the Tibetan border.
On April 25th 2015 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, which was the deadliest in over 80 years. This terrible natural disaster killed almost 9k, injured 22k and made an estimated 3.5M people homeless. Near Karsang's village in Langtang valley, it triggered an avalanche burying an entire village. Most of the buildings in Thulo Syafru were also destroyed.
In this episode we talk about:
- What village life is like in rural Nepal
- What happened to him and his family when the earthquake struck
- He explains how people in the community organised themselves in the hours, days, and weeks following the disaster
- He shares the important role that foreign connections played during that time
- He also shares how the community has changed as a result of this event
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