Barpak Village (Ward 4), Gorkha, Nepal. The minority dalit (lower caste) community has completely relocated, as the homes of their entire community are devastated. At the moment about 52 families are living in about 13 tents on a government property. They are building more tarpaulin shelters for their community. They trek down to far away villages to buy more tarpaulins, as they don't have enough. .People of this community have lost everything. They have no tarpaulins, blankets, clothes, vessels, food, yet they are 8, 2015.

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