The magazine of the photo-essay
Oct back 2016 issue
by Julian Bound
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Resting on the Nepal borderlands with Tibet, the Nepalese village of Jethal sits beneath
the snow capped peaks of the Langtan and Gaurishankar mountains of the Himalaya.
Severely damaged in the Nepal earthquakes of 25th April and 12th May 2015, this is
Jethal’s story of relief and recovery which led to the rebuilding of an entire village, the
reconstruction of four schools and the building of a new school and medical health post.
Taken over a period of eighteen months ‘Jethal Village of Recovery’ is a photographic
account of Jethal’s renewal assisted by the Nepal NGO Himalayan Aid, the Singapore
Red Cross, Germany’s UKALO organisation, the Romanian Mountain Club and the
international volunteers who gave their time and energy to help the people of Jethal
village, Sindhupalchowk, Nepal.
The inauguration of Sampada School with the Langtan and Gaurishankar mountains of the Himalayan Range in the
background, 19th April 2016.
The building of Sampada School, 27th May 2016.
The nearly complete Sampada School, 11th September.
Building of new classrooms for Sampada School, 27th May 2016.
An earthquake victim of Jethal village.
Residents of Jethal village who lost their home in the Nepal earthquakes of 25th April and 12th May 2015.
Village elders, architects and donors stand on the proposed land for Jethal village’s new school, 15th October 2015.
Using traditional Nepalese methods of building in Jethal
village, Nepal.
Ground damaged caused by the 7.8 magnitude
earthquake which struck Nepal on the 25th April 2015.
Terraces of barley and corn on the hillsides of Jethal village, 30miles/48km south of the border with Tibet in the
Sindhupalchowk region of central Nepal, at an altitude of 9,186ft/2,800m.
The ruins of the classrooms of Jaleswori Lower Secondary School,
Jethal village, Nepal, 27th June 2015.
Groundwork on the planned new classrooms for Ghumti School, Jethal village, 15th October 2015.
Foundations and structure of the planned new classrooms for Ghumti School, Jethal village, 27th May 2016.
A village woman in traditional northern Nepalese blankets,
Jethal village, the district of Sindhupalchowk, Nepal.
A woman resident of Jethal village with wind worn rosy
cheeks, Jethal village, the district of Sindhupalchowk.
A resident of Jethal village in traditional Nepalese hat, the
district of Sindhupalchowk, Nepal.
A village woman wrapped up against the approaching
winter in Jethal village, the district of Sindhupalchowk.
