My name is Sarmila. I am a 15 year old girl. On the day of the earthquake I was loading fertilizer on the truck. Other people were working in the field. Others were getting cow food. Everybody was outside when the earthquake hit. If everyone was inside some people would have been killed. Many of our buildings fell down. Many walls fell down. We have eight buildings here. In the school building many walls fell down, windows broke, etc. We were very afraid. It was a 7.5 quake. I could feel the earth moving. I had never been in an earthquake before.
I looked everywhere in the community to see what the damage was. I felt sad. A lot of the children were crying. Sounds were coming from everywhere. The air was very thick with dust. The sky was dark with a black cloud. The teachers went into all the buildings to see if everyone was OK. Everybody here was OK. The army went around Nepal to help people who were hurt, take away the dead, bring people to the hospital.
There was no electricity for four or five days. The water was not running. We had to bring water in.
Everybody stayed here. We stayed all around the community. We couldn’t live in the dorm anymore because it was dangerous. The building could fall down. For a while we stayed in the reception building, in tents, and any place we could find.
Now it getting better. Some people still sleep in the school. A lot of the buildings are not repaired yet. The water is working again.
Everybody has been active and strong. We hope there won’t be another earthquake.
