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Graffiti seen in a street in the capital Kathmandu, May 1, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
A man stands amid ruins in Bhaktapur, a severely damaged district 13 km east of Kathmandu, May 5, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
A year after the massive quake, there is no significant recovery effort in Nepal. Nearly 3 million survivors, many living in hard-to-reach mountainous areas, still need urgent help. Bhaktapur, May 5 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
Bhasantapur Durbar Square, May 1, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
Kantipath, May 1, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
Monks and pilgrims gather for the kora ritual despite the ruins in Asia's largest stupa. Bouddhanat, May 3, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
A soldier walks down a street with collapsed buildings in the background. Pashupatinath, May 3, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
A wounded leg and scattered cables. Tridevi Sadhak, April 30, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
A child stands among women waiting in line for social assistance in Satungal, a badly affected village 7 km from Kathmandu. May 1, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
Satungal, May 1, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
Satungal, May 1, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
Children play around their temporary shelter, Ratna Park, May 1, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
Kathmandu, Thamel, shrouded in a dark atmosphere. April 30, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
A mother peddles textiles amid an economy badly hit by the quake. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
Jyatha, May 1, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
A man walks on the side of a building sustained by a log to prevent it from collapsing. Kathmandu, May 1, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
Kathmandu Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in heaps of rubble. May 1, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
Jakarta Rescue is one of the search-and-rescue team sent by the Indonesian government to help Nepal, along with US$1 million worth of aid. Kathmandu, May 6, 2015. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
Despite the devastating natural disaster, Nepali people show the same hospitality as before the quake. Culture bears the soul of Nepal’s people. JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
One year ago, on April 25, 2015, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck Nepal between the capital of Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara – marking the worst natural disaster in the country since 1934.
Nearly 3.5 million people were left homeless and entire villages flattened across many parts of the country. The quake also destroyed centuries - old UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Katmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Square, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa.
The damage was estimated at US$10 billion, about half of Nepal's gross domestic product (GDP).
As a weak and politically paralyzed country, it was not easy for Nepal to rebuild. However, the Nepali people’s response to the natural disaster was remarkable.
Just days after devastation struck, they had already resumed work at trade and tourism businesses, despite the untidy surrounding of 17th and 18th-century building riddled with cracks and interspersed with piles of dusty red bricks.
Tourism is the economic lifeblood of Nepal, a country that features a mix of Tibetan and Chinese culture in the north and Indian culture in the south. Almost a year on, the country is still struggling to recover, but no matter what, the culture bears the soul of Nepal’s people.
JP/ Ayomi Amindoni
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