尼泊尔发生7.4级地震
2015-05-12
By Rupa Joshi, Communication Specialist, UNICEF Nepal
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© UNICEF Nepal/ 2015/ Kent Page
Just seconds after today’s earthquake, people in Kathmandu were gathering on the streets and in open spaces for safety. A second aftershock occurred just moments after this photo was taken outside a school in Kathmandu where UNICEF staff and Government of Nepal engineers were inside conducting a school damage assessment when the earthquake struck. The school remained standing and everyone was safe, though the school has received a red flag which means it is not safe for children to enter. |
The Reuters TV cameraman continued filming throughout and is filing the story now. Fortunately the earthquake finally ended – it is a terrifying experience – and the buildings did not fall down. Everyone was safe and accounted for, though of course shaken. I conducted two interviews in the courtyard with Reuters and then we went back to the school we had been to previously by foot because we had met some children there. While walking a follow-up aftershock happened and fortunately, they had left the school before the earthquake hit and we believe they are all safe. On the way back to the UNICEF Nepal office the streets were filled with people – everyone is out of doors. We know that all UNICEF staff in Nepal are safe and accounted for but of course we are very concerned about the impact of this second earthquake in just over two weeks on the children of Nepal, particularly on their psychosocial well-being - going through an earthquake is a terrifying experience for anyone, and perhaps more particularly children. UNICEF continues to work around the clock to support 1.7 million children affected now by two earthquakes in Nepal through our emergency health, nutrition, child protection, water, sanitation and education. |
© UNICEF Nepal/ 2015/ Kent Page Just minutes after today’s earthquake, this school in Kathmandu received a ‘red flag’ which means that the school is not safe for children to return to due to damage. UNICEF staff and Government of Nepal engineers were inside the school conducting a school damage assessment when the earthquake struck. The school remained standing and everyone was safe, though shaken. |