Earthquakes happen all around the world. They’re one of the most powerful destructive forces on Earth. When they happen in Third World countries, they’re cataclysmic. The earthquakes that occurred in Nepal in 2015 left the country in tatters. They were both magnitude 7-plus quakes, the first of which (MW 7.8) occurred in the Gorkha District on April 25, followed by two aftershocks of MW 6.9 and MW 6.7. The second quake occurred on May 12, in the Sindhupalchowk District (MW 7.3), which is approximately eighty miles east of the first quake. Combined, these quakes destroyed 544,320 buildings and homes and took the lives of 8,790 Nepalis, orphaning uncounted children. Let that sink in a moment.
Now imagine yourself as a child faced with the loss of your parents and your entire family in this
